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Hobnail Sauce Dish

Hobbs, Brockunier and Company

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Round glass dish with a flat bottom and straight sides. The dish has a layered design, with three rows of protruding circular elements. The bottom layer consists of clear, bulbous elements. The middle layer features pink bulbous elements. The top layer has pink, rectangular elements. The dish transitions from clear at the bottom to pink at the top. The background is gray, with a darker shade at the top and a lighter shade at the bottom. A shadow is cast to the right of the dish.

Artwork Details

Date
after 1886
Medium
Pressed colorless, cranberry and opalescent glass
Culture
American
Dimensions
600 × 450 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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