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

Covered Sugar Bowl

Manufacturer New England Glass Company (American, 1818 - 1888)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1856-1870
MediumPressed glass
DimensionsOverall: 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm)
Overall, Rim: 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm)
Base: 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number0.1307
Not on view
DescriptionCovered 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 #978 Illustrated in _N.E. Glass Co. Catalog_, reproduced J.G. Studies XII (1970) p. 162, fig. 14. Item #1211. J.S. Spillman, _American & European Pressed Glass_, p. 249,
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
New England Glass Company
ca. 1856-1870
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
New England Glass Company
ca. 1856-1870
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Sony a7R II 2022.
late 19th-early 20th c.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
ca. 1850
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
19th century
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Sony a7R II 2021.
late 19th – early 20th c.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Sony a7R II 2021.
late 19th-early 20th c.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
early 20th century