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Vase

Place of OriginProbably eastern United States

DateBowl 1850-1860; Base 1855-1870

DimensionsH: 8 1/8 in. (20.65 cm); Rim W: 3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm); Base W: 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm)

MediumAmethyst lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1967.124

Not on View

DescriptionBowl pressed, probably upright, in a female mold of possibly one piece or of three vertical sections bearing the pattern of six vertical loops by a plain male plunger. The upper part reheated, twisted, and crimped to form the goffered rim. Base, probably from a candlestick, pressed in a female mold of two vertical sections by a plain male plunger that formed the interior and underside of the front. No pontil mark.

Published ReferencesWilson, Kenneth M., American Glass, 1760-1930: The Toledo Museum of Art, New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, [Lanham, Md.]: National Book Network [distributor], c1994; 2 v. (879 p.): ill. (some col.); 32 cm., 1994, p. 821, no. 1405.