Napoli Bowl
Manufacturer
Mt. Washington Glass Co.
(American, New Bedford, MA)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1894
MediumGlass | Gilt
DimensionsOverall: 5 in. (12.7 cm)
Overall, Rim: 5 in. (12.7 cm)
Overall, Rim: 5 in. (12.7 cm)
InscribedEnameled in yellow across polished pontil: "NAPOLI 837".
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.5095
Not on view
DescriptionBowl of clear glass in the Napoli pattern. Round diagonally ribbed with a 1.75" wide horizontal rim. Two rows of four impressions (dimpled) placed alternately around the bowl. Decorated with shades of mauve and rust chrysanthemums & green leaves inside and under rim. Outside and top rim have a gilded cobweb-like design.Exhibition History"Mount Washington and Pairpoint: American Glass from the Gilded Age to the Roaring Twenties," Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, May 19 - December 31, 2011.Published ReferencesBetty B. Sisk, _Mt. Washington Art Glass plus Webb Burmese Identification and Value Guide_ (Kentucky: Collector Books, 2003), 211. Kenneth M. Wilson and Jane Shadel Spillman, _Mt. Washington & Pairpoint Glass_, Volume 2, exh. cat., The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, 2011, 126, fig. 16-5.
Mt. Washington Glass Co.
