Collection Highlights
Controller handle
1904
1922.103
Silver, steel, ceramic
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Dish: footed compote
Object name
Dish: footed compote
Date
1830-1860
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 4 1/2 x 6 1/8 in. ( 11.4 x 15.6 cm )
Description
Colorless pressed glass compote with base blown separately and attached with wafer; bowl has sawtooth rim and decoration consisting of shields, leaves, and pinwheels organized in concentric bands; hand-tooled stem with annular knop joined by wafer to plain circular foot with pontil mark on underside.
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number
1965.797e
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
