Covered jar
about 1850
Object PlaceEast Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueBlown overlay glass, gilt
DimensionsOverall (including lid and finial): 29.2 x 15.2 x 15.2 cm (11 1/2 x 6 x 6 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. George S. Hebb
Accession number1983.231a-b
On View
On viewClassificationsGlass
Collections
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.
