Object Number 1954.0545

Object Name

Bell jar (Bell glass)

Category

Glass

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

United States, North America

Date

1815-1840

Materials

Glass (nonlead)

Techniques

Blown, Molded

Dimensions (inches)

15.276 (H) , 16.417 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

38.8 (H) , 41.7 (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. 407, p. 392.
[Book] Noel Hume, Audrey. 1974 Archaeology and the Colonial Gardener.
• Glass bell jars excavated in Virginia garden contexts: pp. 62-67, figs. 41-42, with period references and fragments from Williamsburg's Governor's Palace and James Hubbard Garden. See p. 65, fig 40, for 1726 print of bell jars in use.