FOOTED BOWL
Creator(s): Unknown (Manufacturer) , Unknown (Silversmith)
About this object
The bowl is made of two-layer glass, white and deep blue with some gilding on the rim and interior. The edge is scalloped. The interior is white with blue quatrefoils on the rim. The underneath is blue with white lozenges formed by cutting through the blue layer, separated by cut rays. A hole in the center allows a screw to fasten the bowl to the stand. The base of the stand is light weight silver, is tiered with bands of tongue-shaped motifs; the stem is formed of three dolphins, balanced on their heads, tails upright, supporting a ring to hold the bowl.
- Object name:
- FOOTED BOWL
- Made from:
- Glass -- silver
- Made in:
- Berlin, Germany
- Date made:
- 1819-1842
- Size:
- 7 11/16 in. (19.5 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.401
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK 1. the letter A in an oval [Essayer's mark, B.G.F. Andreack, 1849-1842]; 2. a whole name written out, illegible; 3. an animal standing upright walking to the left, with a letter [City mark of Berlin with K for essayer J.C.S. Kessner, 1819-1854] [Lower outside edge of the base]
- Credit line:
- Gift of Anna Antik in memory of Marie Antik, 1976