Collection Highlights
Cake board
1825-1835
1937.1562
Wood
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Bowl
Object name
Bowl
Date
1835-1865
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 3 x 5 in. ( 7.6 x 12.7 cm )
Description
Aquamarine blown non-lead glass bowl with "lily-pad" decoration; circular form with flared sides and out-ward folded rim with added gather of glass tooled into six peaks; applied disc foot with pincered edge and pontil mark on base.
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number
1952.211
Gallery Label
The lack of spontaniety and robustness of the tooled gather of glass causes some question about the genuineness of this article.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
