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
Bottles (5)
Object name
Bottles (5)
Date
1750-1800
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
each: 5 3/8 x 2 5/8 x 2 1/8 in. ( 13.7 x 6.7 x 5.4 cm )
Description
Colorless blown nonlead glass bottle; rectangular body with rounded shoulders with ridge formed by second gather; conical neck with lip; low push-up; pontil mark on bottom; polychrome enamel-painted floral decoration.
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number
1965.771a-e
Gallery Label
While wares with this enameled decoration were long thought by collectors and scholars to be the product of Henry Steigel's Manheim Glass Works, there is no evidence that any of these enameled wares were made in America. Their exact function is unknown. (See Publications)
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
