Bowl
Manufacturer
Unknown
CultureEuropean
Dateca. 1890-1940
MediumBlown glass
DimensionsOverall: 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm)
Overall, Rim: 11 in. (27.9 cm)
Overall, Rim: 11 in. (27.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.7688
Not on view
DescriptionOval bowl. Blown in tortoise shell (using yellow glass rather than the silver stain mentioned in the Francis Pohl process) in rather free oval form with 4 applied colorless feet; very heavy; polished pontil. (Stevens and Williams made tortoise shell in the 1930s).Published ReferencesRevi, 19TH CENTURY, p. 268-269; Grover, ART GLASS NOUVEAU, p. 80, fig. 120 (illustrates this exact piece as Boston and Sandwich Glass Co.); Williams-Thomas, THE CRYSTAL YEARS, STEVENS AND WILLIAMS, p. 23.
Cristallerie Schneider