Covered Casket with Tray

Object Name: 
Covered Casket with Tray

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Object Name: 
Covered Casket with Tray
Place Made: 
United States, Midwestern
Accession Number: 
56.4.2
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 14.5 cm, W: 20.1 cm, D: 14 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1830-1840
Primary Description: 
Covered Casket with Tray. Clear glass; pressed, casket: rectangular body flaring upwards, scalloped base, high rim consisting of shells between volutes; around body-outside a lancet leaf pattern, on the bottom a rhombus with an oak-leaf motif framed by ribbing; cover: stepped cover with shell-finial; around cover-inside a gothic arch design; tray: rectangular tray with flaring rim; bottom-outside has a lancet-leaf pattern with stars, rim-outside has shells between volutes above a gothic arch frieze.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
McKearin, George S. (b. 1874), Former Collection
1954
Powers, Mrs. Albert E., Source
1955-11
Category: 
Early American
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
pressing
Material: 
glass

Exhibitions (2)

Pittsburgh Glass
Venue(s)
Greenfield Village 1976-11 through 1977-03
Henry Ford Museum 1976-11 through 1977-03
The Story of American Pressed Glass of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1954-06-21 through 1954-09-15
 

Publications (6)

Discovering Antiques: A guide to the World og Antiques and Collectibles (1996) p. 89; BIB# 27136
Classical Taste in America 1800-1840 (1993) illustrated, pp. 204-205, #162; BIB# 26178
American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1981) illustrated, p. 68, #157; BIB# 30457
Pittsburgh Glass, 1797-1891 (1976) illustrated, p. 276 (fig. 287); BIB# 19272
The Woman's Day Dictionary of American Glass (1961-08) illustrated, p. 19, top left; BIB# 98018
The Story of American Pressed Glass of the Lacy Period 1825-1850 (1954) illustrated, p. 105, #349 frontis (center right); BIB# 27822