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Scroll Embossed

Bowl
ca. 1905 (made)
Artist/Maker
Imperial Glass Co. (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Bellaire (made)
United States (made)

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

Category
Glass
Object type
Bowl
Titles
  • Scroll Embossed (popular title)
  • Carnival Glass (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Glass, press moulded, lustre, hot-worked
Glass
Moulded
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.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.2cm
  • Greatest width diameter: 19.2cm
Style
20TH CONT
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
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.28-1992

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O4027/scroll-embossed-bowl-imperial-glass-co/
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