Collection Highlights
Cake board
1825-1835
1937.1562
Wood
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Luce Center
Bowl: vine motif
Object name
Bowl: vine motif
Date
1864-1875
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 1 3/4 x 5 7/8 in. ( 4.4 x 14.9 cm )
Description
Colorless pressed lead glass bowl with beaded rim, vertical ribbing on sides, vine with stylized leaves and flowers circling bowl, and sunburst on underside of base (Ribbed Leaf or bellflower pattern).
Credit Line
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Object Number
1948.335
Gallery Label
This pattern is known to have been produced by M'Kee and Brothers from the mid-1860s to the early 1870s; however, this extremely popular pattern may have been produced during this period by other Midwest glass factories as well. (See "American Glass, 1760-1930: The Toledo Museum of Art," p. 492.)
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is sub