fbpx

Finger Bowl

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1900

GUSN

GUSN-64101

Description

Colorless glass finger bowl. Deep circular bowl form with circular basal ring on flat bottom polished pontil. Circular mouth with ground edge. Wheel-etched decoration of random stylized stars overall with border of horizontal stripes enclosing key-like elements.

Details

Descriptive Terms

finger bowls
glassblowing
etching (corroding)
etching (printing process)
glass (material)
stars
Bowl, Finger
Glass
Etched
Blown
Star
Bowl, Finger

Associated Building

Original to Roseland Cottage (Woodstock, Conn.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

2.375 (H), 5 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret Carson Holt

Accession Number

1970.803.2

Reparative Language in Collections Records

Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact [email protected].