Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2012.

Bank (Whimsey)

ManufacturerAttributed to Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. (American, 1826-1888)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1830-1840

MediumBlown and applied glass with silver coin (1839 U.S. half dime)

Dimensions7 3/4 × 3 1/4 × 3 1/8 in. (19.7 × 8.3 × 7.9 cm)

InscribedSticker on base: "1200.00".

Credit LineThe Bank Collection, Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., in honor of Kathryn K. Porter.

Object number71.3951

Collections

Glass Art

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-3, Case 18

DescriptionBank with white loopings in clear blue on a clear round hollow stem containing a 1829 U.S.A. 5 cent coin. Clear, round base and an applied ripple decoration and a blue "bird" is the finial.

Exhibition HistoryThe Bank Collection Published ReferencesMcKearin, AMERICAN GLASS, similar to plate 59, number 2. Illustrated, CHRYSLER MUSEUM NEWSLETTER, Sept. 1972. Sumpter Priddy, _American Fancy: Exuberance in the Arts 1790-1840_, exh. cat., Milwaukee Art Museum, Wis., 2004, 189. Diane C. Wright (editor), _Glass Masterworks from the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2017), pg. 86-87.