Object Number 1959.3011 A, B

Object Name

Sugar bowl

Category

Glass

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

John Frederick Amelung (Maker)
06/26/1741-11/21/1798

Place of Origin

Frederick, Maryland, United States, North America

Date

1785-1795

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; On one side; Wheel-engraved "To Mis. C.G. / In Washington C.ty"

Materials

Glass (nonlead)

Techniques

Blown, Wheel-engraved, Pincered

Dimensions (inches)

8.041 (H) , 7.441 (L) , 5 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

20.425 (H) , 18.9 (L) , 12.7 (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. 158, p. 199 and pl. 7, p. 45
[Book] McKearin, Helen & McKearin, George S. 1950 Two hundred years of American blown glass.
• Published: pp. 176-77, pl. 28, no. 1.
[Book] McKearin, George S. & McKearin, Helen. 1989 American Glass.
• Published: pl. 39, no. 2.
[Article] Lanmon, Dwight P. & Palmer, Arlene. 1976 "The New Bremen Glassmanufactory of John Frederick Amelung". Journal of American Glass Studies. 18
• Published: pp. 104-105, no. 30.
[Book] Papert, Emma. 1972 The illustrated guide to American glass.
• Published: p. 67
[Book] Cooper, Wendy A. 1980 In praise of America : American decorative arts, 1650-1830; fifty years of discovery since the 1929 Girl Scouts loan exhibition.
• Published: p. 105, pl. 18.
[Journal] The Magazine Antiques.
• Published: vol. 36, no. 2 (August 1939): frontispiece.
[Article] Lanmon, Dwight P. & Schwind, Arlene Palmer. 1990 John Frederick Amelung and The New Bremen Glassmanufactory, in Lanmon, Dwight P., et al. 1990. John Frederick Amelung: Early American Glassmaker. pp. 13- 145.
• Published: p. 102, no. 31; color plate 2