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Sugar bowl
John Frederick Amelung
1785-1795
Category
Glass
Creator/Artist/Maker
John Frederick Amelung (Maker)
Place of Origin
Maryland; Frederick; United States; North America
Materials
- Glass (nonlead)
Museum Object Number
1959.3011 A, B
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1959.3011 A, B
Object Name
Sugar bowl
Category
Glass
Creator (Role)
John Frederick Amelung (Maker)
Place of Origin
Maryland; Frederick; United States; North America
Date
1785-1795
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: On one side
Inscription: Wheel-engraved "To Mis. C.G. / In Washington C.ty"
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Glass (nonlead)
Techniques
- Blown
- Wheel-engraved
- Pincered
Dimensions (inches)
8.041 (H) x 7.441 (L) x 5 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
20.425 (H) x 18.9 (L) x 12.7 (Diam)
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. 45Book: 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. 67Book: 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