Collection Highlights
View of St. Patrick's Cathedral from Inside Rockefeller Center: Study for a Set of Painted Doors
2002
2002.46
Gouache, colored pencil, and graphite on gray paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Dish
Object name
Dish
Date
1870-1900
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 2 x 7 3/4 x 5 1/4 in. ( 5.1 x 19.7 x 13.3 cm )
Description
Translucent yellow pressed lead glass dish in the shape of an owl, with ears and extra feathers protruding from irregular edges of dish; top edges and inside of dish pressed with pattern of feathers; large clear eyes.
Credit Line
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number
1953.695
Gallery Label
Ruth Webb Lee described this dish as an "Oval Pickle Dish," and wrote that it was called "Etched Pickle" by the Central Glass Co. of Wheeling, W. Va. (See Publications).
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
