Footed Celery Stand

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Footed Celery Stand

Place of OriginProbably New England

Date1820-1835

DimensionsH: 20.9 cm (8 7/32 in.); Rim Diam: 15.9 cm (6 1/4 in.); Base Diam: 13.0 cm (5 1/8 in.)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

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

Object number

1959.54

Not on View

DescriptionBlown in a mold (McKearin G.II-18) for a quart decanter of three vertical sections and a plain base plate, then tooled to shape. Rim folded outward. Applied foot blown in a mold patterned with vertical ribs and then expanded, tooled, and folded inward. Rough, solid pontil mark in center of base.

Published ReferencesMcKearin, George S., and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948

McKearin, Helen and Kenneth M. Wilson, American Bottles and Flasks and Their Ancestry, New York, Crown, 1978; etc., G.II-18, p. 251, pl. 88; p. 299; p. 268; repr. pl. 109, no. 1.

Rogers, Millard F., Jr., "American Glass [TMA's purchase from McKearin collection]," Antiques, vol. 78, October 1960, pp. 364, 370, pp. 364, repr. p. 370.

"Recent Important Acquisitions," Journal of Glass Studies, vol. 3, 1961, p. 147, repr. fig. 48.

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. 227, no. 263.