Scroll Embossed
Bowl
ca. 1905 (made)
ca. 1905 (made)
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Purple glass bowl, circular in spae with a foot. It is designed with ribbed exterior, and the internal decorated with peacocks tail 'eyes'. It has purple/blue/green/gold iridescence known as 'electric' lustre. It is press moulded with sprayed on metallic salts and heated.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Glass, press moulded, lustre, hot-worked |
| Brief description | Bowl of glass, made by Imperial Glass Co., Ohio (Bellaire), c. 1905. |
| Physical description | Purple glass bowl, circular in spae with a foot. It is designed with ribbed exterior, and the internal decorated with peacocks tail 'eyes'. It has purple/blue/green/gold iridescence known as 'electric' lustre. It is press moulded with sprayed on metallic salts and heated. |
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| Gallery label | The iridescent and variegated colouring is typical of what has become known as 'Carnival' glass. It was achieved by spraying the still hot moulded glass with metallic compounds fixed with stannous chloride. The 'Scroll Embossed' (a recent, collectors' name) mould, first used in 1910, was later plagiarised by Sowerby's, in Britain. |
| Credit line | Given by Raymond and Michel Lerpiniere |
| Object history | This type of glass has been called Carnival Glass by collectors since c.1960. This pattern is called 'Scroll embossed' by modern colelctors, the exterior pattern 'file', the iridesence 'electric'. |
| Production | Imported into the UK by Markt & Co. |
| Bibliographic reference | Carnival glass subject file no.CG-6. |
| Other number | 7696 - Glass gallery number |
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| Accession number | C.28-1992 |
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| Record created | December 13, 1997 |
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