Spoon Tray in "Creswick" Pattern

Object Name: 
Spoon Tray in "Creswick" Pattern

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Object Name: 
Spoon Tray in "Creswick" Pattern
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NY, Corning
Accession Number: 
95.4.276
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 4.6 cm, W: 10 cm, L: 20.2 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1896-1910
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. Ruth L. Gay, granddaughter of Walter Egginton
Primary Description: 
Spoon Tray in "Creswick" Pattern. Colorless lead glass; blown, cut. Oval shape with sides higher and ends lower, cut in an overlay pattern of intersecting lines forming diamonds which enclose hobstars (Creswick pattern), acid-stamped "EGGINTON" in crescent moon around star in base.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Pattern Name: 
Creswick
Provenance: 
Gay, Thomas J., Source
1995-09-15
Gay, Ruth L., Source
1995-09-15
Category: 
Crystal City
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
glassblowing
cutting
Material: 
lead glass
Inscription: 
EGGINTON
inscription
: 
Acid stamped base

Publications (4)

The Corning Museum of Glass: A Decade of Glass Collecting 1990-1999 (2000) illustrated, pp. 58-59, #97; BIB# 65446
Recent Important Acquisitions, 38 (1996) illustrated, pp. 244-245, #34; BIB# AI97737
The American Cut Glass Industry: T. G. Hawkes and His Competitors (1996) illustrated, p. 287, #12-6; BIB# 36646
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1995 (1996) illustrated, pp. 20-21, #7; BIB# AI95180