Cheese Bell
1874-1899
Physical Qualities
Glass, 6 3/4 x 6 7/8 x 6 7/8 in. (17.1 x 17.5 x 17.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Stiles Tuttle Colwill, Lutherville, Maryland
Object Number
2009.254
Clear glass engraved cheese bell; no plate
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2009; Stiles Tuttle Colwill, Lutherville, MD
Spillman, Jane Shadel, "The American Cut Glass Industry: T.G. Hawkes and his Competitors," The Corning Museum of Glass, 1996. illus. p. 46: typical cheese dish cut in a variation of a Venetian pattern, 1890s. D: 26.6 cm. Corning Museum of Glass 86.4.6. p.103: third page of The Hawkes Number Book (of shapes). Probably 1880s. #493 is "cheese dish and cover" made in 8, 7, and 6 in. sizes.
Inscribed: Etched: Signboard in design reads "Notice / Farm Stock / for sale!!! / [illeg] / D.C. &[?] C. / 421 B'Way / N.Y."
