Masonic Firing Glass

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Masonic Firing Glass

Place of OriginEurope, probably Germany or Bohemia

Date1770-1800

DimensionsH: 4 in. (10.2 cm); Rim Diam: 3 in. (7.6 cm); Base Diam: 2 3/4 in. (7.0 cm)

MediumColorless non-lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

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

Object number

1959.43

Not on View

DescriptionMade and engraved in the same manner as 1959.44 but without the engraved foliate and floral scrolls.

Published ReferencesMcKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, p. 109, repr. pl. 41, no. 3.

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. 789, no. 1339.