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Cup

Manufacturer Bryce Brothers Company (American, 1882-1891, 1896-1965)

Date1926

DimensionsH: 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.); Rim Diam: 8.6 cm (3 13/32 in.); Base Diam: 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.)

MediumBowl: yellow-green glass; handles and foot: sapphire-blue glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Dr. Alexander Silverman

Object number

1927.10

Not on View

DescriptionBowl blown and optic-molded with twenty-five vertical ribs, then blown into another two-piece mold bearing a pattern of circular projections. Expanded and tooled to an inverted V form, producing short horizontal indentations over the vertical optic ribs. Applied tooled handles. Applied tooled foot. Rim sheared and fire-polished. Large, concave, polished 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. 752, no. 1292, colorpl. 1292, p. 767.