Salad bowl
Manufacturer
Atterbury & Co.
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1878-1881
MediumPressed glass
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm)
Overall, Rim: 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)
Base: 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm)
Overall, Rim: 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)
Base: 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Margaret Roper Moss
Object number66.75.31
Not on view
DescriptionSalad bowl of pressed opal glass. In "melon" with a leaf pattern patented by Atterbury on April 23, 1878 for 3.5 years. Leaf motif on bottom. Belknap called this an Acantus Leaf Bowl and illustrated two examples with different rims.Published ReferencesPeterson, GLASS PATENTS & PATTERNS, p. 22-23. Belknap, MILK GLASS, ill. pl. 105, 110C. Revi, AMERICAN PRESSED GLASS, pg. 28.
