Gillinder & Sons Westward Ho Glass

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Description:

Gillinder and Sons made this footed-glass compote with a representation of a kneeling Native American on the lid in 1879. The Westward Ho pattern refers to the etching on the bowl of the settler’s cabin and land, which portrayed a romanticized image of the progress of western land development.

Date Made: c. 1878-1890

Maker: Gillinder & Sons

Place Made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Decorative Motif: IndiansNative AmericansWestSubject: Gillinder and Sons, Inc

Subject:

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass, Art, Domestic Furnishings

Exhibition: American Enterprise

Exhibition Location: National Museum of American History

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1979.0247.07abAccession Number: 1979.0247Catalog Number: 1979.0247.07b

Object Name: bowl, sugar

Physical Description: "colorless" (bowl, body color)"colorless" (foot color)glass, transparent (cover material)glass, transparent (cover, side material)glass, transparent (foot material)glass, translucent (bowl, body material)frosted (joint piece production method/technique)pressed (bowl, body production method/technique)pressed (foot production method/technique)

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-7ca4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_585935

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