Compote
Manufacturer
Libbey Glass Co.
(American, 1888-)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1860
MediumBlown glass
DimensionsOverall: 8 in. (20.3 cm)
Overall, Rim: 10 in. (25.4 cm)
Base: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
Overall, Rim: 10 in. (25.4 cm)
Base: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Florence L. Smith
Object number52.18.33
Not on view
DescriptionCompote of blown colorless cased cobalt blue glass. Twelve-panel design topped with a new moon-like cut and a cut bracket rim on a matching hollow overlay stem with an eight-paneled and punty cut, central knop with diagonal cuts. Part of a set: see 2 plates 52.18.35 and .36.Label TextNew England Glass Company American (1818-1888) Compote, ca. 1855-65 Blown cased glass, cut Bequest of Florence L. Smith 52.18.33 This compote cased in blue glass over colorless lead glass and cut in the internationally popular Bohemian style, is documented by descent in the family of Kate Tyler Smith, whose uncle was New England Glass Company employee Thomas H. Leighton. The New England Glass Company, which showed similar glassware (sometimes called Americo-Bohemian glass) at the New York Crystal Palace in 1853, was one of the most important American makers of glass in the Bohemian style. Added by: AGMPublished ReferencesWatkins, _Cambridge Glass_, Mrs. Smith's annotated copy.
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