bowl
Object
Accession Number
2008.012.002Description
A 9” (22.8 cm) diameter saw-tooth edged American brilliant-cut glass bowl with eight rounded points, the diamond center surrounded by a twenty-point hobstar in a clear field bordered by eighty beaded miters intersecting with a two-banded mitered circle. The eight rounded points are decorated with alternating hobstars and half-sunbursts consisting of seventeen miter-cuts leading from a clear depression commonly referred to alternatively as a bulls-eye or punty (or in the UK, a roundelet).History of Use
UnknownDate
circa 1890Dimensions
22.8 cm outside diameterMaterial
Glass, crystalTechnique
Cut; HandmadeCountry of Origin
United States of America