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Bowl (Finger bowl or wash hand glass)
1850-1920
Category
Glass
Place of Origin
United States; North America
Materials
- Glass (lead)
Museum Object Number
1969.0328.001
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Mrs. Alfred C. Harrison
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Object Number
1969.0328.001
Object Name
Bowl (Finger bowl or wash hand glass)
Category
Glass
Place of Origin
United States; North America
Origin Notes
Previously catalogued as United States but with a possible origin of England.
Date
1850-1920
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Interior well
Inscription: White, rectangular label with "146" in black
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Glass (lead)
Techniques
- Blown
- Cased
- Ground
Dimensions (inches)
3.169 (H) x 4.724 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
8.05 (H) x 12 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Fennimore, Donald L., et al. 1992 The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Volume IV Decorative Arts.
• Set of three fingerbowls (blue, amethyst, green) of similar plain form: p. 247, no. 255Book: McNally, Paul. 1982 Table Glass in Canada, 1700- 1850.
• British glass finger bowls excavated in Canada: p. 120, fig. 96, colorless, (from Fort Lennox and Dauphine Barracks); blue glass from Forts Beausejour and George; and vertically ribbed ones from Dauphine Barracks.