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Manufacturer C. F. Monroe Company (American, 1892-1916)

Place of OriginProbably Europe

Date1892-1905

Dimensions4 1/16 × 4 1/2 × 6 1/16 in. (10.2 × 11.4 × 15.4 cm)

Mediumopal and lead glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of John W. Keefe

Object number

1970.40

Not on View

DescriptionBlown in a mold and cracked off. Rim rough ground. No pontil mark. Interior natural-glass finish. Exterior reversed cartouches acid-etched matte finish, surrounded with rust-brown enamel imitating jasper. The four cartouches are outlined by raised scrollwork enameled with purple and gilt, framing light blue flowers and foliage. Gilt-washed, stamped brass rim at mouth, secured with plaster of paris; stamped brass mount with four soldered gilt-washed cast three-clawed feet.

Published ReferencesGrover, Ray and Lee Grover, Art Glass Nouveau, Rutland, VT, C. E. Tuttle, 1967, p. 58, fig. 110 (same bowl and mounts, but with attached brass-mounted glass cover with a clock inset in top).

Cohen, Wilfred R., Wave Crest: The Glass of C. F. Monroe, Paducah, KY, Collectors' Books, 1987, p. 106, bottom left (ash receiver, 5 in., no feet, different rim trim); p. 222 (jewel tray, same form, no feet, cupid trim).

Wilson, Kenneth M., American Glass, 1760-1930: The Toledo Museum of Art, New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, [Lanham, Md.]: National Book Network [distributor], c1994; 2 v. (879 p.): ill. (some col.); 32 cm., 1994, p. 602, no. 964.