Candy Jar
Manufacturer: A. H. Heisey and Company (American, 1893-1953)
Date: 1953
Dimensions:
H: 10 9/32 in. (26.1 cm); Base Diam: 4 in. (10.2 cm); Rim Diam: 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm)
Medium: Glass.
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of A. H. Heisey Glass Company, Newark, Ohio
Object number: 1954.55A-B
DescriptionPlantation pattern, colorless glass, pressed by a male plunger, the bowl in a one piece female mold, in conjunction with a female mold of four vertical sections to form the bottom of the bowl and stem and with another female mold of two vertical sections to form a cylinder for the fruit, with a bottom plug, or plunger, to form the foot cylinder. Foot formed from cylinder by reheating and tooling. No pontil mark. Colorless glass cover, probably pressed upside down by a plain male plunger in a combination mold made up of a one piece female mold to form the cover and a four piece mold to form the finial.
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