New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Covered sugar bowl

Manufacturer Unknown

Manufacturer James B. Lyon & Co. (American)

Manufacturer McKee & Brothers

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1860

MediumPressed glass | Lead glass

DimensionsOverall: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
Overall, Rim: 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm)
Base: 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number85.76

Not on view

DescriptionCovered sugar bowl of pressed colorless lead glass. Leaf pattern of seven loops and matching dome cover also with seven loops. Repeated on solid finial.

Published ReferencesInnes, PITTSBURGH GLASS, ill. 330, showing similar style but with stem & foot. Spillman & Innes, MCKEE VICTORIAN GLASS, catalog reprints, pg. 24, "Leaf Nappie & Cov."