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Vase

Manufacturer Boston and Sandwich Glass Works (American, 1826-1888)

Manufacturer New England Glass Company (American, 1818-1888)

Manufacturer Phoenix Glass Works (American, 1819 or 1820-1870)

Date1830-1840

DimensionsH: 19.5 cm (7 11/16 in.); Rim Diam: 13.1 cm (5 5/32 in.); Base Diam: 9.4 cm (3 11/16 in.)

MediumDeep amethyst lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1943.40

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DescriptionBlown in a full-size or almost full-size mold, probably of one piece, patterned with 12 tall, broad flutes with arched tops. Neck and rolled-over rim finished by tooling. The flutes extend into the base and terminate at the center, where they are covered by a rough, solid pontil mark.

Published ReferencesHunter, Frederick William, Stiegel Glass, Cambridge, Mass., Houghton Mifflin, 1914; reprint, with introduction by Helen McKearin, New York, Dover, 1950, frontis., no. 85; reprint, 1950, p. xi, frontis., no. 85.

George S. McKearin, "A Study of Paneled Vases," Antiques, vol. 36, August 1939, pp. 60-61, fig. 4 (Reprint 1, pp. 32-33).

McKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, pp. 90-93, pl. 33, nos. 1, 4, 6, 7; pl. 34, no. 2.

McKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, Two Hundred Years of American Blown Glass, Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1950; rev. ed., 1966, pp. 23-24, 214-215, pl. 47, no. 2.

Wilson, Kenneth M., New England Glass and Glassmaking, Old Sturbridge Village Book, New York, Crowell, 1972, p. 227, fig. 189.

Wilson, 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. 194, no. 181, colorpl. 181, p. 154.