Grotto Punch Bowl
Grotto Punch Bowl
Manufacturer
Libbey Glass Manufacturing Company
(American, 1919 - 1935)
Designer
Arthur Douglas Nash
(American, 1885-1940)
Dateabout 1933
DimensionsH: 7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm); Diam: 13 3/8 in. (34 cm)
MediumGlass, blown; fumed iridescent blue.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift from the children of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin H. Rorick, Sr.
Object number
1982.123
Not on View
DescriptionBlue Grotto pattern, K 535 - Lustre. Deep transparent blue glass bowl, blown and tooled, attached by a large flat wafer of colorless glass to a blue glass domed foot. Rough pontil mark. "Fumed" to produce a greenish-silver-gold iridescent interior.
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
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