Compote

Arts of the Americas

1830–45

Boston and Sandwich Glass Company
Sandwich, Massachusetts, 1825–1888

Known as the “princess feather” pattern, the design of this dish illustrates the ornate effects that can be achieved by pressing glass into a mold. In the mid-19th century, the German porcelain manufacturer Meissen produced a line of porcelain with similar decoration of naturalistic fruits and flowers. The porcelain was inspired by the archival collection of American pressed glass amassed by the firm.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: Boston and Sandwich Glass Company (Manufacturer)
Title: Compote
Place: Massachusetts (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: c. 1830–1845
Medium: Pressed lead glass
Dimensions: 15.9 × 26.8 × 22.5 cm (6 1/4 × 10 9/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Arthur Heun
Reference Number: 1933.1323
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Judith A. Barter, et al., American Arts at The Art Institute of Chicago: From Colonial Times to World War I (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1998),197–199, no. 90.

Collection of Arthur Heun, by 1933; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1933.

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