Gillinder & Sons
“Westward Ho!” Covered Compote
1874
Physical Qualities
Glass, Overall (Compote with lid): 14 1/4 × 8 × 8 in. (36.2 × 20.3 × 20.3 cm.)
Overall (Lid): 8 × 8 × 8 in. (20.3 × 20.3 × 20.3 cm.)
Overall (Compote): 6 1/8 × 8 × 8 in. (15.6 × 20.3 × 20.3 cm.)
Credit Line
Purchase with exchange funds from Bequest of R. Elisabeth Arens and Adelaide Arens Morawetz, from the Estate of Henry Arens; Bequest of Ellen Howard Bayard; Bequest of Jane James Cook; Nelson and Juanita Greif Gutman Collection; and Gift of Mrs. Jesse Manion
Object Number
1992.119
Covered compote in the "Westward Ho!" pattern. Colorless lime glass; press-molded and acid-etched; frosted band with 19th-century scenes of the American frontier. Round bowl, topped by fitted, domed lid with notched border and prominent kneeling Native American finial. A ringed, high-knop stem stands on flat, circular foot with gadrooned rays, both clear glass. Romanticized imagery of America's expansion into the West, including low-relief log cabin, leaping stag, and charging buffalo, set in landscape of rolling prairie hills and forested woods.
Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase with exchange funds, 1992; E.J. Canton Antiques, Lutherville, MD by purchase; R. Elisabeth Arens and Adelaide Arens Morawetz from the Estate of Henry Arens by bequest; Ellen Howard Bayard by bequest; Jane James Cook; Nelson and Juanita Greif by gift; Mrs. Jesse Manion
Curry, David Park. "Westward Ho...(!)" Huffington Post Contributor, The Blog. Mar 29, 2013, 03:44 PM EDT [Updated Dec 6, 2017]; https://www.huffpost.com/entry/westward-ho_b_2978948
Curry, David Park. "Reynolda: Her Muses, Her Stories," Winston-Salem, NC: Reynolda House Museum of American Art, 2017.
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