Finger Bowl and Underplate

Decorative Arts and Design

On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor

MANUFACTURER Boston and Sandwich Glass Company

MEDIUM Glass

Place Manufactured: Sandwich, Massachusetts, United States

DATES 1875–1885

DIMENSIONS (a) Finger Bowl: 2 7/8 x 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (7.3 x 11.4 x 11.4 cm) (b) Underplate: 1 1/8 x 5 5/8 x 5 5/8 in. (2.9 x 14.3 x 14.3 cm)

MARKINGS Unmarked

INSCRIPTIONS Painted in black on inside edge of finger bowl (a): "BARLOW 24"; on rim of underplate (b): "Bar 15 E"

COLLECTIONS Decorative Arts and Design

ACCESSION NUMBER 1998.96.2a-b

CREDIT LINE Gift of Paul F. Walter

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Finger bowl (a) with underplate (b) in pink pressed glass. Bowl is simple cylindrical shape rounded at bottom edge to flat bottom, straight-cut rim. Underplate is shallow, saucer-like bowl. For both pieces, textured surface applied on exteriors only, interiors smooth. Condition: Good; both pieces have a few chips around rim.

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor

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