Bowl
ManufacturerAttributed to
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
(American, 1826-1888)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1820
MediumBlown glass | Flint glass
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
Overall, Rim: 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm)
Base: 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm)
Overall, Rim: 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm)
Base: 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.6983
Not on view
DescriptionBowl of blown colorless flint glass. Heavy folded flaring rim. Ground and polished "bottom". Rough pontil "inside". Probably converted from a funnel-footed salver or vessel such as a fish bowl shown in the Wing & Sumner Boston Glass Manufactory billhead. What appears to be a polished pontil on the "bottom" is a depression left from the inside of vessel. Altered from a larger object, good study piece.Published ReferencesWilson, NEW ENGLAND GLASS, pg. 203-204, fig. 157.
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