Pomona

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Object Name: 
Lemonade Glass in "Pomona" Pattern
Title: 
Pomona
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, MA, Cambridge
Accession Number: 
79.4.322
Dimensions: 
H: 14.5 cm, D: 6.3 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1883-1888
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Jerome Strauss
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass with amber and blue staining; blown and acid- etched. Cylindrical shape with overall acid-etched decoration of stippling; blue cornflowers with yellow leaves form a band around center; applied handle near base; polished pontil mark.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Strauss, Jerome (1893-1978), Source
Category: 
Early American
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
blown, acid-etched

Exhibitions (2)

Liquid Refreshment: 2000 Years of Drinks and Drinking Glasses
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1993-04-24 through 1994-12-31
Drinking Glasses Through the Ages
Venue(s)
Place des Antiquaries 1987-11-18 through 1988-01-31
 

Publications (3)

Shades of Glass (2006) illustrated, p. 30, 2nd from top; BIB# 100967
Liquid Refreshment Exhibition to Open at Corning Museum (1993-03-26) illustrated, p. 52; BIB# AI101368
American Glass in the Jerome Strauss Collection (1980-08) pl. V; BIB# AI9966