Bowl

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

Date1886-1888

DimensionsRim Diam: 7 in. (17.75 cm.); H: 3 13/32 in. (8.65 cm); Base Diam: 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm); Max Body W: 8 in. (20.35 cm)

MediumWild Rose glass; blown and finished by tooling.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Owens-Illinois Glass Company

Object number

1951.202

Not on View

Description Interior and exterior surfaces natural-glass finish; underside of base ground with a stone wheel. Concave, polished pontil mark.

Published ReferencesFairfield, William E., Fire & Sand...the History of the Libbey-Owens Sheet Glass Company, vol. 1, Cleveland, Ohio, Lezius-Hiles, 1960, repr. p. 5, top right, left side.

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. 614, no. 993, colorpl. 993, p. 578.

Zollweg, Robert, 200 Years of Glass: A History of Libbey Glass, Toledo, OH, University of Toledo Press, 2019, fig. 1-6, repr. col. p. 10.