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Footed jar with cover

Footed jar with cover
Object name 
Footed jar with cover
Date 
1850-1900
Medium 
Glass
Dimensions 
Overall: 9 x 4 1/4 in. ( 22.9 x 10.8 cm )
Description 
Colorless blown glass footed jar with wide mouth, baluster shape, and two applied horizontal loop handles; hollow pedestal foot blown separately with foot rim folded inward and pontil mark on the inside; domed cover topped by hollow flattened ball with four irregularly spaced holes punched in sides topped by solid ball finial with pontil mark.
Object Number 
Z.647
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.