Sugar Bowl
Manufacturer
Unknown
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1855
MediumPressed glass
DimensionsOverall: 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm)
Overall, Rim: 5 in. (12.7 cm)
Overall, Rim: 5 in. (12.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number0.423
Not on view
DescriptionCobalt blue pressed open sugar, smocking pattern, hexagonally scalloped foot, flaring style with painted rim.Label TextGLASS FOR THE MASSES A great revolution in glassmaking technology occurred in the mid-nineteenth century: the machine press. First developed in America in the late 1820s, it was quickly adopted by the British glass industry. Machine presses required less-skilled laborers and allowed for greater productivity in the factory. Thus, glassware became less expensive for the growing consumer market. Even a middle-class home in the mid-nineteenth century could afford a complete table setting of pressed glass in a matching pattern. Pressed glass often imitated more expensive cut glass, but increasingly featured more fashionable styles or cutting-edge colors for a highly decorative effect. English Sugar Bowl, ca. 1855 Pressed glass Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 0.423 Exhibition History"Cheers to Queen Victoria: British Glass from the Chrysler Collection," Waitzer Community Gallery, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, September 22, 2010 - March 20, 2011.Published ReferencesLee, _Victorian Glass_, p. 69; C.R. Lattimore, _English 19-th Century Pressed-Moulded Glass_, p. 115, pl.72.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
