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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)

InscribedEnameled in yellow across polished pontil: "NAPOLI 837".

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.5095

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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.