Covered Compote

ca. 1825

White Glass Works American, 1815-1852

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About the Artwork

Title Covered Compote

Artwork Date ca. 1825

Artist White Glass Works

Life Dates 1815-1852

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. American

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. ----------

Medium Midwestern free blown glass

Dimensions Overall: 8 1/2 × 6 1/2 inches (21.6 × 16.5 cm)

Classification Glass

Department American Art before 1950

Credit Founders Society Purchase with funds from Robert H. Tannahill

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. 36.3

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Provenance

Harry Hall White;
1936-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Bulletin of the DIA 15, 4 (January 1936).

Bulletin of the DIA 16, 3 (December 1936).

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Credit Line for Reproduction

White Glass Works, Covered Compote, ca. 1825, midwestern free blown glass. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from Robert H. Tannahill, 36.3.

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Footed Bowl

Multiple makers

between 1815 and 1830

Footed Salt

White Glass Works

ca. 1825

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Bowl

White Glass Works

between 1815 and 1830

Low Dish

White Glass Works

between 1820 and 1850

Pitcher

White Glass Works

between 1820 and 1850

Bowl

White Glass Works

between 1825 and 1850

Flip Glass

White Glass Works

early 19th century

Bust of George Washington

Enoch Wood and Sons

ca. 1800

Pitcher

Boston & Sandwich Glass Company

between 1826 and 1835