Monteith Glass

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Object Name: 
Monteith Glass
Place Made: 
England
Accession Number: 
79.2.229
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 7.1 cm, Diam: 6.5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1760-1780
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Jerome Strauss
Primary Description: 
Transparent dark purple lead glass; blown, pattern-molded. Double ogee bowl decorated with an all-over diamond-molded pattern (14 diamonds in a horizontal row); drawn diamond-molded knop stem; disk foot; rough pontil mark.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Strauss, Jerome (1893-1978), Former Collection
1979-03-22
Color: 
Transparent dark purple
Technique: 
Blown, Pattern-Molded

Publications (1)

English Glass (1967) illustrated, pl. 164, left; BIB# 25346