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

Covered Compote

Manufacturer Unknown
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1870
MediumPressed glass
DimensionsOverall: 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm)
Overall, Rim: 8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm)
Base: 5 1/8 in. (13 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number0.1523
On View
On view
DescriptionLarge covered compote of pressed white glass with a 6-sided stem that has a ribbon of white glass around the top. The cover and body are in the "Sawtooth" pattern. The finial is six-sided. Top part of the finial is broken off.

New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
ca. 1870
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
ca. 1870
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
ca. 1870
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
ca. 1870
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
ca. 1870
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
ca. 1870
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
ca. 1870
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
ca. 1870
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
ca. 1870
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
ca. 1870
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
ca. 1870
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
ca. 1870