bowl
- Museum number
- 2000,0106.1
- Description
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Glass finger-bowl, clear glass decorated with a triple band of honeycomb cutting, a row of circular dotted cuts alternating with boat-shaped cuts.
- Production date
- 1896 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 103 millimetres
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Height: 61 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- The pattern on this bowl is copied from the celebrated Roman bowl found in the Saxon grave at Leuna, Germany, in the Slade Collection. Harry Powell first made copies of this bowl in 1896 and subsequently developed a set of matching table glass over the next decade, with simplified cutting and the addition of stems. The elaborate cutting is close to the Roman original while the shape remains that of a Victorian finger-bowl, with incurved sides and star-cut on the base.
For fuuther discussion see Judy Rudoe, '"Glasses with Histories": Historic Revivals by Harry and James Crofts Powell' in 'Whitefriars Glass. The Art of James Powell & Sons', Woodbridge 1996, pp 36-53. (catalogue of exhibition held at Manchester City Art Galleries and the Museum of London 1996-97). Fig. 111.
- Location
- On display (G47/dc9)
- Condition
- good
- Acquisition date
- 2000
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 2000,0106.1
