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

Compote

Manufacturer Portland Glass Co.

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1869

MediumFlint glass | Pressed glass

DimensionsOverall: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
Overall, Rim: 8 in. (20.3 cm)
Base: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.4653

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DescriptionCompote of colorless flint glass. Pressed in the Loop and Dart with Round Ornaments pattern. Mold seam goes through each of the round ornaments on rim. See GAPo.64.7. Attached foot pressed in a different pattern with a nine-sided stem (a single raised dot on each side) and oak leaf shaped stippling on the underside of the round domed foot.

Published ReferencesLee, EARLY AMERICAN PRESSED GLASS, p. 453-455, plate 149, fig. 2. Revi, AMERICAN PRESSED GLASS, pg. 281-282. Swan, PORTLAND GLASS, compotes with similar stems illustrated p. 23 & p. 90.