Collection Highlights
Parure
ca. 1820
1920.11-17
Cut steel
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Bowl: geometric pattern
Object name
Bowl: geometric pattern
Date
1820-1840
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 1 1/4 x 5 3/4 in. ( 3.2 x 14.6 cm )
Description
Colorless mold-blown glass bowl, probably blown in a mold for a tumbler and formed into a bowl by tooling; with rim sheared and folded outward, diamond patterning on sides, ribbing around edge of base, and a circle of deep intaglio diamonds and a deep intaglio ring surrounding pontil mark.
Credit Line
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number
1937.1088
Gallery Label
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.
Provenance
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
