Punch Bowl

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Punch Bowl

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

Date1865-1875

DimensionsRim Diam: 10 9/16 in. (26.8 cm); Base Diam: 5 1/8 in. (13.0 cm); H: 7 in. (17.8 cm)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Hugh J. Smith, Jr.

Object number

1948.20

Not on View

DescriptionBowl pressed upright in a one-piece female mold bearing the Huber pattern, twenty-four flutes, by a plain male plunger that formed the interior and top of the rim. Joined by a wafer to a circular stem and foot. Base pressed upside down in a plain one-piece female mold by a male plunger bearing the Washington pattern. Rim lightly fire-polished. 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. 487, no. 801.