Object Number 1959.3120 A, B

Object Name

Sugar bowl

Category

Glass

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Benjamin Bakewell & Co. (Possible maker)

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

Place of Origin

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

Origin Notes

Previously catalogued as probable origin Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, area, 1825-40.

Date

1810-1820

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Side; Wheel-engraved in script, "LB" above a swag on one side

Materials

Glass (lead)

Techniques

Blown, Wheel-engraved

Dimensions (inches)

7.126 (H) , 5.276 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

18.1 (H) , 13.4 (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. 164, p. 205
[Book] Palmer, Arlene. 2004 Artistry and Innovation in Pittsburgh Glass, 1808-1882: from Bakewell & Ensell to Bakewell, Pears & Co.
• Published: p. 109, no. 4, Benjamin Bakewell & Co. or Bakewell, Page & Bakewell (attributed), c. 1810-20