Punch Bowl and Base

Object Name: 
Punch Bowl and Base

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Object Name: 
Punch Bowl and Base
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NY, Buffalo
Accession Number: 
85.4.81
Dimensions: 
(a&b) H: 32.9 cm; D (max.): 31.6 cm, (foot): 18.5 cm; (a) H: 16.2 cm, (b): 18.2 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1908-1910
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. Elsie Linford King in memory of William Henry Linford
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; blown, cut. (a) Hemispherical bowl with scalloped top rim; eight flowers just below rim above a cut design of elaborate hobstars and hexagons filled with very finely cut triangles; center of base has a hobstar on a knob which fits into top of (b), a hollow richly cut stem with spreading foot cut in a matching pattern.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
King, Elsie Linford, Source
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
Blown, Cut