Sugar Bowl
Manufacturer: PROBABLY South Boston Flint Glass Works (American, 1813-1827)
Manufacturer: OR New England Glass Company (American, 1818-1888)
Date: 1820-1830
Dimensions:
H with cover: 14.0 cm (5 1/2 in.); Bowl H: 10.3 cm (4 1/16 in.); Rim L: 11.2 cm (4 13/32 in.); Rim W: 8.7 cm (3 7/16 in.); Base L: 9.0 cm (3 9/16 in.); Base W: 6.9 cm (2 23/32 in.)
Medium: Colorless glass.
Place of Origin: United States
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1953.14
DescriptionBowl: blown, by the blow-over and crack-off process, in a mold of two, or perhaps four, vertical sections and a base plate bearing a series of 43 rays radiating from an irregular oval in the center to the edge. Rim ground and polished. No pontil mark. Cover: blown in the same manner as the bowl in a similar two-piece mold. Lower edge ground and polished. Applied finial formed in a finely ribbed dip mold, then twisted to produce a swirl pattern. No pontil mark.
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