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

Compote

Manufacturer Unknown
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1840
MediumPressed glass
DimensionsOverall: 5 in. (12.7 cm)
Overall, Rim: 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm)
Base: 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number0.1570
Not on view
DescriptionCompote of clear pressed glass with a scalloped rim. The stem is six-sided and the bottom of the bowl is in the "Honeycomb" pattern. The top half of the bowl has an acid finish and is cut with narrow leaves and six clusters of berries.

New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
New England Glass Company
ca. 1865
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
ca. 1870
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
ca. 1870
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
ca. 1870
4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2010.
Mt. Washington Glass Co.
ca. 1893
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
No Date
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
ca. 1870
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
ca. 1870
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Sony a7R II 2021.
late 19th-early 20th c.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
ca. 1870