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

Sugar Bowl Cover

Manufacturer New England Glass Company (American, 1818 - 1888)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1856-1870

MediumGlass

DimensionsOverall, Rim: 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number0.1307B

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DescriptionCover for a covered sugar bowl; lacy, California pattern of clear pressed glass. The domed base is decorated with diamonds and dots and the octagonal bowl has scrollwork design with alternating stars and shells in the center. The octagonal cover has panels decorated with alternating flowers, cornucopia, and diamond dots.

Published ReferencesInnes, _Pittsburgh Glass_, pl. 279 J.S. Spillman, _American & European Pressed Glass_, p. 249, #978; Illustrated in N.E. Glass Co. Catalog, reproduced J.G. Studies XII (1970) p. 162, fig. 14. Item #1211.