Pair of compotes

Object/Artifact

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Boscobel House and Gardens

Name/Title

Pair of compotes

Entry/Object ID

G 60.2 a, b

Description

Pair of George III Irish cut glass fruit compotes: shuttle shaped, with valanced rim and diamente- cut border on oval fluted base. Trefoil edge or "Van Dyke" cut rim. Base is pressed into a full size mold imparting the oval shape with reeded top. Bowl of compote is blown and cut.

Category

Glass

Acquisition

Accession

G 60.2

Source or Donor

Parke-Bernet

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Credit Line

Purchase, 1960

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown

Date made

1790 - 1810

Place

* Untyped Place

England or Ireland

Continent

Europe

Dimensions

Height

7-1/2 in

Material

Glass

Provenance

Notes

Purchase, from the estate of Mrs. Edward H. Heller, Atherton, CA 2/27/60, through Parke-Bernet