Object Number 1959.3114 A, B

Object Name

Sugar bowl

Category

Glass

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Bakewell, Page & Bakewells (Possible maker)
1808-1882

Place of Origin

Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Probable origin.

Date

1825-1840

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Underside; "1831 p" is pained in red enamel (nail polish?)

Materials

Glass (lead)

Techniques

Blown, Pattern-molded

Dimensions (inches)

6.348 (H) , 4.262 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

16.125 (H) , 10.825 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Palmer, Arlene. 1993 Glass in Early America: Selections from the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. 425 pp.
• Published: no. 165, p. 206; color pl. 8, p. 45
[Book] Palmer, Arlene. 2004 Artistry and Innovation in Pittsburgh Glass, 1808-1882: from Bakewell & Ensell to Bakewell, Pears & Co.
• Similar amethyst and cobalt glass sugar bowls: p. 112, cat. nos. 110-11, possibly Bakewell, Page & Bakewell or successors, Pittsburgh, 1825-40