Vase
Vase
Place of OriginProbably West Virginia or Pittsburgh, Penn. area
DateProbably 1920-1930
DimensionsH: 7 1/16 in. (17.9 cm); Rim Diam: 5 7/16 in. (13.8 cm); Base Diam: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
MediumCornflower-blue partial lead glass containing bubbles and other irregularities; blown in a paste mold and finished by tooling.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number
1953.166
Not on View
Collections
Published ReferencesRogers, Millard F., Jr., "American Glass: 1608-1940, " Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 4, no. 3, Summer 1961, pp. 51-70, repr. cover.
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Rogers, Millard F., Jr., "The Story of American Glass," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 9, no. 3, Autumn 1966, pp. 51-70; rev. and reprinted as a Toledo Museum handbook, repr. p. 64.
Rogers, Millard F., Jr., "Treasures from Toledo, Ohio: The European and American Glass Collection," Apollo, vol, 86, December 1967, pp. 478-485, p. 484, repr. fig. 15.
The Toledo Museum of Art, Art in Glass: A Guide to the Glass Collections, Toledo, Ohio, 1969, repr. p. 92.
"Toledo Museum's Gallery of Glass," Spinning Wheel, vol. 27, no. 2, March 1971, repr. p. 62.
Fundaburk, Emma Lila, and Thomas G. Davenport, Art in Public Places in the United States, Bowling Green, Ohio, Bowling Green University Popular Press, 1975, p. 183, repr. fig. 254, right.
Allison, Grace, "Toledo, Ohio, Museum of Art Has the Most Extensive Glass Collection in Country," Tri-State Trader, April 22, 1978, repr. p. 43.
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. 810, no. 1383.
Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Ohio Glass, exh. cat., October 1953, no. 8 (as Zanesville, 1830s).Probably 1900-1920
Probably 1920-1930
1st century CE
3rd-4th century CE
about 1600
1820-1850
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