Photograph by Shannon Ruff, Canon EOS Mark II D digital slr-2006.

Covered compote

Manufacturer Bryce, Higbee & Co.

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1880

MediumPressed glass

DimensionsOverall: 7 in. (17.8 cm)
Overall, Rim: 6 in. (15.2 cm)
Base: 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Margaret Roper Moss

Object number66.75.91

Not on view

DescriptionCovered compote of pressed colorless glass. Sprig pattern called "Royal" by the manufacturer before the sprig ornament was added. Plain "Royal" was illustrated in Bryce, Higbee & Co. catalogue (see Kamm).

Published ReferencesKamm, BOOK VIII, pg. 3, ill. plates 27 & 28. R.W. Lee, EARLY AMERICAN PRESSED GLASS, pg. 440-441, pl. 78, fig. 2.