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Jelly glass

Jelly glass
Glass
1790-1800
Jelly glass
Jelly glass
Glass
1790-1800
Jelly glass Glass 1790-1800
Status
On view
Label Text

Jellies, clear or colored confections flavored with spices and fruit, were typically served in individual glasses. Their presentation was further enhanced by the cut decoration lavished on each glass. By the late eighteenth century, elite households presented the dessert amid a dramatic table setting of mirrored plateaux, flowers, and porcelain figurines. This example, with its neoclassical wheel cut decoration of bellflowers and fluting, was probably acquired by the Washingtons in the 1790s.

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Date1790-1800
Geography Possibly made - EnglandPossibly made - Ireland
Medium/TechniqueGlass
DimensionsOverall (H x W x D): 4 1/4 in. x 2 3/8 in. x 2 1/2 in. (10.8 cm x 6.05 cm x 6.35 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, 1892
Object numberW-522/A
DescriptionJelly glass with trumpet bowl on conical, faceted foot; dentated rim; bowl decorated with eight flutes around the lower half and a border of cut bellflowers or husks around the top; edge of foot cut with ten oval facets; polished pontil.
Published ReferencesThomas Birch Son's Sales Catalogue 683, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 5-6 April 1892, Lot 848.

Dorothy Daniel, Cut and Engraved Glass 1771-1905: The Collectors' Guide to American Wares (New York: 1950), 113, pl. 39.
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Jelly glass
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c. 1800-1810
Professional Photography
1790-1800
Professional Photography
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