Accession Number

2008.012.003

Description

An 8” (20 cm) diameter saw-tooth edged American brilliant cut glass bowl. The intersecting deep miter-cut ovals run from rim to rim, and four gothic arches each containing two hobstars are cut into the intersection points of the ovals. The ovals contain four large hobstars at their extremities (a total of four) and the bowl’s diamond-cut center forms the core of the central buzzstar . The endpoints of the principal ovals and gothic arches correspond with the eight rounded arches of the rim.

History of Use

The pattern resembles that of a low bowl signed “Clark” and is illustrated in that firm’s 1905 catalogue where the pattern is described as Homer (see Bill and Louise Boggess, Identifying American Brilliant Cut Glass, (New York: Crown Publishers, 1985) page 66, plate 228.

Date

circa 1900

Dimensions

20 cm wide

Material

Glass, crystal

Technique

Cut; Handmade

Country of Origin

United States of America