Kew Blas Bowl

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Object Name: 
Kew Blas Bowl
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, MA, Somerville
Accession Number: 
2008.4.124
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 4.7 cm, Diam (max): 20.1 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1905-1927
Primary Description: 
Transparent emerald green glass; mold-blown, tooled, iridized. Low bowl with ribbed body and a flat ruffled rim. Applied "peacock stretch" iridescence; polished pontil. Marked "KEW BLAS" on pontil.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Source
Material: 
glass
Inscription: 
LDC.88.15
inscription
: 
Painted On underside of base near edge Black ink/paint
1425
label
: 
Label/adhesive On underside of base Oval shaped label with scalloped edge, handwritten text, remnants of now illegible/partially missint text.
KEW-BLAS
signature
: 
Engraved On underside of base

Publications (1)

Art glass of Union Glass Company, Somerville, Massachusetts (1893-1927) (2005) illustrated, 120; BIB# 92843