Compote, 1880-1910
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Compotes are all-purpose serving dishes. These usually footed bowls -- with or without lids or covers -- held special desserts, fruits, candies or sauces, jellies and other foods. This pressed glass compote provided a culinary presentation method suitable for middle-class households at the turn of the twentieth century.
Compotes are all-purpose serving dishes. These usually footed bowls -- with or without lids or covers -- held special desserts, fruits, candies or sauces, jellies and other foods. This pressed glass compote provided a culinary presentation method suitable for middle-class households at the turn of the twentieth century.
Artifact
Compote
Date Made
1880-1910
On Exhibit
at Greenfield Village in Davidson-Gerson Gallery of Glass
Object ID
89.471.32
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Estate of Mary D. Newcomb.
Material
Glass (Material)
Pressed glass
Color
Blue
Dimensions
Height: 4.875 in
Diameter: 6.5 in
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