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Pan or Bowl

Manufacturer Franklin Glass Works (so-called Kent Glass Works) (American, 1812-1816)

Date1824-1832

DimensionsH: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.); Diam: 24.8 cm (9 3/4 in.)

MediumDeep golden amber non-lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1953.167

Not on View

DescriptionBlown and patterned, probably in a dip mold with 20 vertical ribs. Removed and twisted to the left. Expanded and tooled to shape. Ribs extend almost to the center of the slightly concave base, where they are obliterated by a rough, irregular pontil mark. Rim folded outward.

Published ReferencesKnittle, Rhea Mansfield, "Bowls and Pans: A Guide for Collectors," Antiques, vol. 21, June 1932, p. 268, fig. 29 (Reprint 1, p. 45).

McKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, pp. 229-230, pl. 81, no. 9; p. 596.

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

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 and cover.

Rogers, Millard F., Jr., "Treasures from Toledo, Ohio: The European and American Glass Collection," Apollo, vol, 86, December 1967, pp. 478-485, p. 484, fig. 15.

McKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, Two Hundred Years of American Blown Glass, Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1950; rev. ed., 1966, pp. 129-130, pl. 10, no. 1.

Innes, Lowell, Pittsburgh Glass, 1791-1891: A History and Guide for Collectors, Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1976, p. 182.

The Toledo Museum of Art, A Guide to the Collections, Toledo, Ohio, 1966, repr. p. 75, no. 3.

The Toledo Museum of Art, Art in Glass: A Guide to the Glass Collections, Toledo, Ohio, 1969, repr. p. 92.

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. 152, no. 150, colorpl. 150, p. 88.

Gaines, Edith, "American Glass," Woman's Day, August 1961, repr. p. 21.

"To visit: Toledo Art Museum's Gallery of Glass..."; Spinning Wheel, vol. 27, no. 2, March 1971; p. 62, repr.

Fundaburk, Emma Lila and Thomas G. Davenport, Art in Public Places in the United States; Bowling Green, 1975; repr. no. 254, p. 183.

Allison, Grace, "Toledo, Ohio, Museum of Art has most extensive glass collection in the country," Tri-State Trader, Apr. 22, 1978, repr. p. 43.

Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Ohio Glass, October 1953, no. 126.