Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.

Compote

ManufacturerAttributed to Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. (American, 1826-1888)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1850

MediumPressed glass

DimensionsOverall: 6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm)
Overall, Rim: 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm)
Base: 4 5/16 in. (11 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.4472

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-3, Case 19

DescriptionCompote of pressed violet-blue glass. Loop pattern. Nineteen scalloped rim. Solid hexagonal knop. Round loop pattern foot.

Published ReferencesTHE SANDWICH GLASS MUSEUM COLLECTION CATALOG, pg. 18-19, row 1, #3. Rose, THE STORY OF AMERICAN PRESSED GLASS OF THE LACY PERIOD, 1825-1850, (Corning Catalogue), pg. 94, #273. Chrysler Museum, BULLETIN, Jan. 1985, a watercolor showing 2 steps & the finial & the color photo made of this Sandwich compote by Jessica Pace.