Sugar bowl
Manufacturer
Portland Glass Co.
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1860
MediumPressed glass
DimensionsOverall: 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm)
Overall, Rim: 4 1/16 in. (10.3 cm)
Base: 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Overall, Rim: 4 1/16 in. (10.3 cm)
Base: 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.5527
Not on view
DescriptionSugar bowl (missing lid). Pressed, colorless, flint in so-called Frosted Leaf pattern. Leaves appear to have been acid-etched and their veins wheel cut. Attribution open to question.Published ReferencesR.W. Lee, EARLY AMERICAN PRESSED, pl. 94-fig.3, p. 320-321; Metz, PATTERN BOOK I, p. 26-27; McKearin, AMERICAN GLASS; pl. 209-fig.10, p. 404, Swan, PORTLAND, ill. p. 74.
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