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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 Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. (American, 1826-1888)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1875
MediumBlown glass
DimensionsOverall: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
Overall, Rim: 9 in. (22.9 cm)
Base: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number0.1532
On View
Not on view
DescriptionOne of a pair of compotes of blown clear glass. The base is cut with a star and the hollow stem is panel-cut. The bowl has a shallow, cut pattern of alternating ovals and "Y" shapes. The edge of the rim is coined.

New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
ca. 1875
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
ca. 1875
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
ca. 1850
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon  EOS 5D Mark II digital slr-2010.
Unknown
ca. 1850
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
ca. 1900
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
ca. 1870
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
ca. 1870
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
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.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
ca. 1874
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