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Compote

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

Place of OriginPossibly East Cambridge, MA. or Pittsburgh, PA.

Date1865-1875

DimensionsH: 20.6 cm (8 3/32 in.); Rim Diam: 21.3 cm (8 3/8 in.); Base Diam: 12.15 cm (4 25/32 in.)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Hugh J. Smith, Jr.

Object number

1949.2

Not on View

DescriptionBowl pressed upright in a one-piece female mold bearing the Huber pattern, 22 flutes, probably with a cap ring that formed the upper edge of the rim, by a plain male plunger. Joined by a wafer to an octagonal stem and scalloped foot. Base pressed upside down in a female mold of two vertical sections by a male plunger. Rim heavily fire-polished. No pontil mark.

Published ReferencesDorothy Daniel, "New England Glass in Toledo," Antiques, vol. 61, April 1952, repr. p. 328, bottom, center (Reprint 2, p. 60).

Rogers, Millard F., Jr., "American Glass: 1608-1940, " Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 4, no. 3, Summer 1961, pp. 51-70, repr. p. 63.

Papert, Emma, The Illustrated Guide to American Glass, New York, Hawthorn, 1972, repr. p. 188.

Innes, Lowell, Pittsburgh Glass, 1791-1891: A History and Guide for Collectors, Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1976, p. 307, fig. 330 (repr. of page from James B. Lyon 1861 catalogue, p. 5) 6 and 7 in. Huber pattern covered compotes with plain round foot, pp. 308-309, fig. 331 (repr. of H. L. Ringwalt's 2nd Annual Circular, January 1, 1860), no. 102, with a plain round foot.

Fauster, Carl U., Libbey Glass Since 1818, Toledo, Ohio, Len Beach Press, 1979, repr. p. 184, top center.

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. 487, no. 802.

Exhibition HistoryThe Toledo Museum of Art, The New England Glass Company, 1818-1888, exh. cat., Toledo, Ohio, 1963, p. 75, no. 222.