Dish or Shallow Bowl

Object Name: 
Dish or Shallow Bowl

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Object Name: 
Dish or Shallow Bowl
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, probably MA, Sandwich
Accession Number: 
50.4.178
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 5.5 cm; Rim Diam: 18.5 cm; Base Diam: 13.5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1825-1835
Primary Description: 
Dish or Shallow Bowl. Lead glass, colorless; molded for pattern and free-blown; circular form with wide outside fold on rim and broad flat base; geometric pattern (GIII-6): on bottom, band of ribs around plain center [base of mold], and within outer band of ribbing (vertical in mold): on sides, band of alternate sunburst motif 1 and blocks of diamond diapering, narrow band of diagonal ribbing to right and, (faintly visible) one of vertical ribbing; single horizontal rib between bands; rough pontil mark.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern; Modern
Provenance: 
McKearin, George S. (b. 1874), Source
1950-07-31
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
blown three-mold glass
Material: 
glass