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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Ice bowl
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Ice bowl

CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1875-1880
MediumBlown glass
DimensionsOverall: 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm)
Overall, Rim: 7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm)
Base: 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number0.3033
Not on view
DescriptionBlown overshot or "craquele" (colorless cased with ruby and covered with colorless particles), rounded bowl on applied hollow conical stem with hole in bottom of bowl allowing melt water to collect in stem. 1.25" crack in rim.

Published ReferencesBarbara Morris, VICTORIAN TABLE GLASS..., p. 127-129.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
late 19th century
Photographed by Scott Wolff.  Scanned from a transparency.  Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Cristiano Bianchin
1999
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
1900-1960
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2018.
Rembrandt van Rijn
1641
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera - 2008.
No Date
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera - 2008.
No Date
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera - 2008.
No Date
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2019.
Unknown
late 19th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
ca. 1886
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
ca. 1860-1880
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
ca. 1925-1930