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Bowl

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

ca. 1800

GUSN

GUSN-6289

Description

Blown cobalt blue bowl form; slightly bevelled polished mouth; flat bottom; exterior gilt decoration of floral swags and bows below an ovoid beaded border.

Details

Descriptive Terms

bowls (vessels)
glassblowing
glass (material)
Federal
Glass
Federal
Blown
BOWL

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

England

Dimensions

4.5 (H), 9.375 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.1199

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