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Sugar bowl
Mount Vernon Glass Works
1835-1855
Category
Glass
Creator/Artist/Maker
Mount Vernon Glass Works (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
Mount Vernon; New York; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Glass
Museum Object Number
1959.3056 A, B
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Complete Details
Object Number
1959.3056 A, B
Object Name
Sugar bowl
Category
Glass
Creator (Role)
Mount Vernon Glass Works (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
Mount Vernon; New York; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Other possible origin is New England.
Date
1835-1855
Materials
- Glass
Techniques
- Blown
Dimensions (inches)
9.094 (H) x 4.409 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
23.1 (H) x 11.2 (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. 176, and color pl.4, p.215. Also featured on the coverBook: McKearin, George S. & McKearin, Helen. 1989 American Glass.
• Published: pl. 16, no. 5Book: Pepper, Adeline. 1971 The glass gaffers of New Jersey, and their creations from 1739 to the present.
• Published: p. 17, fig. 11Catalogue: Parke-Bernet Galleries (Auction caalogue).
• Sold at auction: Mrs. Frederick S. Fish sale, no. 159 (January 5-6, 1940), lot 365Catalogue: American Art Association (Sale cat.).
• Sold at auction: George S. McKearin sale, no. 3938 (January 6-7, 1932) lot 338Catalogue: American Galleries. 1929 Loan Exhibition of eighteenth and early nineteenth-century furniture and glass...for the benefit of the National Council of Girl Scouts, Inc.; September 25th-October 9th, 1929.
• Published: no. 134