Collection Highlights
Artistic Houses: being a series of interior views of a number of the most beautiful and celebrated homes in the United States
Date:
1883 - 1884
Object Number:
PR.087.1.1.35.HURPAR
Medium:
Photogravure
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Compote
Object Number:
1965.797g
Date:
1835-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/8 x 5 7/8 in. ( 7.9 x 14.9 cm )
Description:
Colorless, lead glass; pressed. Compote with base blown separately and joined with a wafer; serpentine border on rim with alternating diamonds and pineapples, and three striped hearts at center; baluster stem and circular foot with pontil mark on underside.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
