Compote and Cover

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

Date1865-1875

DimensionsH (without cover): 16.2 cm (6 3/8 in.); H (with cover): 25.4 cm (10 in.); Rim Diam: 18.4 cm (7 1/4 in.); Base Diam: 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Hugh J. Smith, Jr.

Object number

1948.24A-B

Not on View

DescriptionCompote: bowl pressed, probably upright, in a one-piece female mold bearing the Washington pattern by a plain male plunger. Joined by a wafer to a circular stem and foot. Base pressed upside down in a one-piece plain female mold by a male plunger bearing the Washington pattern. Rim lightly fire-polished. No pontil mark. Cover: pressed upside down in a one-piece female mold bearing the Washington pattern, in conjunction with a two-piece female mold that formed the finial, by a plain male plunger.

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. 488, no. 804.Exhibition HistoryThe Toledo Museum of Art, The New England Glass Company, 1818-1888, exh. cat., Toledo, Ohio, 1963, p. 76, no. 236.