Pineapple Top Ornament

Object Name: 
Pineapple Top Ornament

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Object Name: 
Pineapple Top Ornament
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NY, Corning
Accession Number: 
95.4.444
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 15.9 cm, Diam: 12.9 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1965
Credit Line: 
Gift of Steuben Glass
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; blown, tooled, applied, ground, polished. Central teardrop shape, with broken tip surrounded by a crown of four curved elongated leaves with triangular cross-section, followed by a solid merese attached to a hollow, domed base; ground and polished pontil mark underneath; unsigned.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Steuben Glass, Inc., Source
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
blown glass
tooling
ground glass
polishing
applied decoration
Material: 
lead glass