Compote
Manufacturer
Challinor, Taylor & Co.
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1891
MediumPressed glass
DimensionsOverall: 7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm)
Overall, Rim: 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)
Base: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
Overall, Rim: 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)
Base: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Orva Walker Heissenbuttel in honor of Marcella Walker Harrison
Object number83.186
Not on view
DescriptionCompote of pressed opaque light blue (blue milk) glass. Called double C Scroll. Stem is central knob of four protruding corrugated bands around a smaller round center. Round stepped foot.Published ReferencesBelknap, MILK GLASS, pg. 139, ill. slip cover & similar but bowl, pg. 111. R.W. Lee, VICTORIAN GLASS, pg. 139, pl. 47. Kamm, PITCHER BOOK III, pg. 131, zippered block has finial like knop of compote Duncan & Miller, Washington, PA.
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