Collection Highlights
Portrait of Six Young Women Seated in a Turkish Corner
Date:
Object Number:
PR.120.1.3.SIX
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Footed glass: possibly for votive candle
Object Number:
1948.328
Date:
1850-1870
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 3 3/4 in. ( 12.7 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass spill holder with serpentine rim, pattern of double row of bellflowers on background of fine vertical ribbing, and sunburst on underside of foot (Ribbed Leaf pattern).
Gallery Label:
This pattern is featured in the M'Kee catalogue of 1864, but it is possible that it was made in the East as well (see "American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass," p. 263).
Credit Line:
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
