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

Smoke bell

CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1870
MediumBlown glass | Flint glass | Brass
DimensionsOverall: 6 in. (15.2 cm)
Base: 7 in. (17.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.7259
Not on view
DescriptionBlown colorless flint glass overshot with crimped rim. Beehive-shaped brass cap at top and brass hanging ring screwed into top.

Published ReferencesBoston and Sandwich Glass Co. catalog, c. 1874, p. 68.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
ca. 1870
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
19th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
ca. 1870-1880
Image captured from the NEH Myers Conservation Survey by Carey Howlett.
Unknown
ca. 1815
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
ca. 1870-1880
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
ca. 1870
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
1850-1870
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
ca. 1850
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
1870-1880
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Glastabrik Vogel
ca. 1850