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ManufacturerProbably Boston and Sandwich Glass Works (American, 1826-1888)

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

Date1813-1830

DimensionsRim Diam: 2 13/32 in. (6.1 cm); Base Diam: 2 3/32 in. (5.3 cm); H: 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm)

MediumThick colorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

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

Object number

1953.18D

Not on View

DescriptionBlown, by the blow-over and crack-off process, in a mold of three vertical sections and a base plate bearing a pattern of thirty rays extending to the edge from a plain circular space in the center which has a boss. Rim ground and polished. No pontil mark.

Published ReferencesWatkins, Lura Woodside, "An Antecedent of Three-Mold Glass," Antiques, vol. 36, August 1939, pp. 68-70 (Reprint 1, pp. 57-59), pp. 68-70, fig. 1, no. D, bottom row.

Lee, Ruth Web, Sandwich Glass: The History of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, 7th ed., Northboro, Mass., author, 1947, p. 163, pl. 26, bottom row, left.

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. 209, no. 214.