Covered Milk Glass Sugar Bowl in Medallion Pattern

Object Name: 
Covered Milk Glass Sugar Bowl in Medallion Pattern

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Object Name: 
Covered Milk Glass Sugar Bowl in Medallion Pattern
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, PA, Pittsburgh
Accession Number: 
2009.4.157
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 17.6 cm, Diam (max): 1 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1870-1880
Credit Line: 
Gift of Anna and Karl Koepke
Primary Description: 
White opaque glass; pressed. Sugar bowl has wide foot which narrows slightly and then widens to rim and is decorated with three female portrait medallions each surrounded by branches that cross at bottom. Cover is decorated with same pattern and has a knop in the form of a male head.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Koepke, Karl H. (d. 2009), Source
2009-05-26
Koepke, Ann, Source
2009-05-26