Bowl
Mantua Glass Works
1821–29
Medium
Pattern-molded blown glass
Dimensions
H.: 14 cm (5 1/2 in.)
Classification
bowl
Department
Arts of the Americas
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
76778
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
This bowl was formerly in the collection of Henry Hall White, who was a pioneering collector and scholar of early American glass. It exhibits some of the hallmarks of glass made in Mantua, Ohio, including a broken swirl pattern, 16 ribs, and a terminal ring.