Blown cobalt blue bowl form; slightly bevelled polished mouth; flat bottom; exterior gilt decoration of floral swags and bows below an ovoid beaded border.
bowls (vessels)
glassblowing
glass (material)
Federal
Glass
Federal
Blown
BOWL
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
England
4.5 (H), 9.375 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1199
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