Burmese Footed Bowl

between 1885 and 1888

Joseph Locke, Designer Mount Washington Glass Company, Manufacturer

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American, Level 2, West Wing

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About the Artwork

Title Burmese Footed Bowl

Artwork Date between 1885 and 1888

Makers Joseph Locke (Designer) American, 1846 - 1936 Mount Washington Glass Company (Manufacturer) American, 1837 - 1958

Medium Blown molded lead glass

Dimensions Overall: 14 3/16 × 8 1/2 × 7 3/8 inches (36 × 21.6 × 18.7 cm)

Classification Glass

Department American Art before 1950

Credit Founders Society Purchase, gifts from Mrs. George Kamperman, Robert H.Tannahill, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence D. Buhl, John S. Newberry Jr., Mrs. D.M. Hollingsworth & Mrs. Lewis M. Parrot by exchange

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 2000.95

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Hirschl and Adler Galleries, Inc.;
2000-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Wilson, Kenneth M. New England Glass and Glassmaking. New York, 1972, p. 350 (fig. 313).

"American Decorative Arts Acquisitions 1985-2005." Bulletin of the DIA 81, 1-2 (2007): p. 66.

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Joseph Locke; Mount Washington Glass Company, Burmese Footed Bowl, between 1885 and 1888, blown molded lead glass. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, gifts from Mrs. George Kamperman, Robert H.Tannahill, et al., 2000.95.