Compote
Medium
Pressed glass
Dimensions
11.4 × 22.9 cm (4 1/2 × 9 in.)
Classification
compote
Department
Arts of the Americas
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
35632
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
The patterns on this rare compote—a peacock-feather border with a scrolled-eye center—were two of the most important and popular early-19th-century American patterns produced. For Americans, such pressed designs were less expensive and more accessible alternatives to the cut glass produced in Great Britain and Continental Europe.