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Jelly glass
Glass
c. 1770-1802
Jelly glass
Jelly glass
Glass
c. 1770-1802
Jelly glass Glass c. 1770-1802
Status
Not on view
Label Text

Judging from the number of recipes in Martha Washington's handwritten family cookbook, jellies were a frequent dessert in the Washington household. Clear or colored, they were typically served in individual glasses and presented along with a tempting variety of syllabubs (a frothy mixture of cream and wine or cider), confections, fruits, and nuts. This piece was probably one of the "3 dozn Jellys" recorded on the inventory taken after Martha Washington's death in 1802.

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Datec. 1800-1810
Geography Made - England
Medium/TechniqueGlass
DimensionsOverall (H x W x D): 4 5/16 in. x 2 7/16 in. x 2 7/16 in. (10.95 cm x 6.2 cm x 6.2 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, 1957
Object numberW-2118/A
DescriptionJelly glass with trumpet bowl, plain stem, and domed foot; scalloped rim; nine cut flutes decorate the lower half of the bowl; polished pontil.
Published ReferencesAgnes Peter Mott, "List of the Peter Collection," 1937, 162, 165, 166.

Britannia Wellington Peter Kennon's Notebook, 1899, 8.

William Armstrong, "Some New Washington Relics. I. From the Collection of Mrs. B.W. Kennon," The Century Magazine 40/1 (May 1890): 22.
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