Creator(s): Boston & Sandwich Glass Company (Manufacturer)

Currently in storage

About this object

The bowl is made in the Nectarine pattern. In the center bottom is a five pointed star surrounded by five foliate forms and squared off by four scroll motifs. It has a rope like rim foot, called cable cord rim. On the outer sloping rim are four stars on a meshed/stippled background. Also on the rim are four acanthus leaf encircled medallions called Princess Feather medallion. Each has a small star in a circle in the center which is surrounded by a diamond shaped bossed pattern. There is a tiny plain glass scalloped edge.

Made from:

Glass

Made in:

Sandwich, USA

Date made:

1827-1840

Size:

3.5 × 16.4 cm (1 3/8 × 6 7/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

23.136

Class:

GLASS

Signature marks:

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973