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1840-1875
GUSN-57671
Amber-colored glass sphere with white swirls.
balls (object genres)
glassblowing
glass (material)
Sculpture
Carving
Whimsey
Whimsey
Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),
Unknown
3 1/2 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann
1942.2501
Probably Pennsylvania (United States)
Probably
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