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Covered jar
Possibly by: New England Glass Co., East Cambridge, Massachusetts (1818–1888)
about 1850
Object Place: East Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Blown overlay glass, gilt
Dimensions
Overall (including lid and finial): 29.2 x 15.2 x 15.2 cm (11 1/2 x 6 x 6 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. George S. Hebb
Accession Number1983.231a-b
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsGlass
DescriptionOrnamental covered jar of blown overlay glass, blue over opaque white over colorless; cut Gothic style decoration and gilded vermiculation. Tall hexagonal finial covered in gilding.
ProvenanceThe jar was presented to Peleg Whitman Chandler (1816-1889) by Governor John A. Andrew (1818-1867); his son Horace Parker Chandler; his daughter Grace; by bequest to Emory W. Booker. Purchased from Booker's estate in the early 1980s by the glass dealers Wilmont M. Schwind and Arlene Palmer Schwind. Museum purchase from the Schwinds in 1983.