Cordial Glass

Original OwnerOriginally owned by Margaret Brockway (American, born 1889)

MakerMade by Unknown

Date1890-1920

MediumBlown colorless glass, green paint, and gilding

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x diameter): 4 3/8 x 1 7/8in. (11.1 x 4.8cm)

ClassificationsGlassware

Credit LineGift of Margaret Brockway Ofslager

Object number1978.45.15

DescriptionCordial glass made of blown colorless glass. The cordial glass has an inverted bell-shaped bowl, a slender, tapered stem with a ring, or knop, at either end, and a round foot. The longest portion of the stem is decorated with opaque-twist glass, in this case consisting of a few strands of glass twisted loosely down the length of the stem. A pattern of green and gilt leaves decorates the exterior of the glass at the bottom of the bowl and at the top of the foot. Narrow bands of gilding circle the glass at the rim, on both rings on the stem, and at the edge of the foot.

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