Spoon Rack
After 1860, manufacturers of pressed tableware used soda-lime glass rather than the more costly glass made with lead. In this spoon rack, frosting camouflages the dullness characteristic of objects made of the inferior glass. The pattern, inspired by Jumbo, the Barnum circus elephant, was doubtless created at the height of the animal's popularity in the 1880s.
Artwork Details
- Title:Spoon Rack
- Maker:Canton Glass Company (ca. 1882–1899)
- Date:after 1884
- Geography:Made in Canton, Ohio, United States
- Culture:American
- Medium:Pressed glass
- Dimensions:H. 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm); Diam. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
- Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Emily Winthrop Miles, 1946
- Object Number:46.140.852
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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