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Finger Bowl

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1875-1925

GUSN

GUSN-64099

Description

Colorless glass finger bowl, probably blown. Deep circular bowl form with circular basal ring with traces of pontil on flat bottom. Circular mouth with ground edge. Wheel or acid etched border decoration of shamrocks.

Details

Descriptive Terms

finger bowls
etching (corroding)
etching (printing process)
glass (material)
molding (forming)
Bowl, Finger
Glass
Etched
Molded
Shamrock
Bowl, Finger

Associated Building

Original to Roseland Cottage (Woodstock, Conn.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

2.25 (H), 4.625 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret Carson Holt

Accession Number

1970.802

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