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

Bowl

Manufacturer Atterbury & Co.

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1880

MediumPressed glass

DimensionsOverall: 2 3/4 x 9 3/4 x 6 in. (7 x 24.8 x 15.2 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Margaret Roper Moss

Object number66.75.27

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DescriptionBowl of pressed opal glass. Oblong, with an openwork border (of type called Chain-edge by Belknap). Interior has a basket weave texture. (In 1874, Atterbury patented "Basket" pattern and made a line of ware into the 1880s).

Published ReferencesBelknap, MILK, pg. 126, fig. 114. Ferson, YESTERDAY'S MILK TODAY, figs. 52, 55. Innes, PITTSBURGH, pg. 403.