Chalice | Punch bowl
Manufacturer
Pairpoint Corporation
(American)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1910
MediumBlown glass
DimensionsOverall: 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm)
Overall, Rim: 7 in. (17.8 cm)
Base: 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm)
Overall, Rim: 7 in. (17.8 cm)
Base: 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm)
InscribedSee description.
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.3770
Not on view
DescriptionChalice/punch bowl of blown blue glass. Bowl stone wheel mat engraved. Framed scene of a hunter in a landscape near a split rail fence with hunting dogs. Symbolic scale in upper right. Script-engraved on reverse: "In Libra, or the Scales, now weighs the Sun.."/"An equal balance between night and day..."/"And with September comes the Sportsman's gun..."/"Heard from the dawn of morning's early ray...". Applied clear hollow four inch high waisted stem and a round foot. Polished pontil.
