Footed Bowl

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

Place of OriginProbably Sandwich, Massachusetts

Date1825-1840

DimensionsD rim 24.5 cm (9 21/32 in.); D base 16.9 cm (6 21/32 in.); H 15.3 cm (6 1/32 in.)

MediumColorless glass; blown in a mold

ClassificationGlass

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

Object number

1959.61

Not on View

DescriptionBowl blown in a mold (McKearin G.II-18) for a large tumbler or a quart decanter with a base plate (McKearin Rayed Type IV). Expanded and formed into a bowl by tooling. Rim sheared, tooled, and folded outward. Applied foot blown in a mold (McKearin G.III-5 or G.III-6) for a pint tumbler or decanter. Formed by tooling and rim folded upward. Rough, solid pontil mark.

Label TextThis type of molded glass made to resemble cut glass may have originated in Ireland, where many early American glassworkers trained. American glasshouses altered and expanded the technique, resulting in a remarkable group of objects that marked the beginning of mass production and the mechanization of the glass industry. As such, mold-blown wares made in the United States represent a significant contribution to the history of glass.Published ReferencesMcKearin, GII-18, p. 251, pl. 88; p. 254, pl. 92; repr. pl. 126, bottom.

McKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, Two Hundred Years of American Blown Glass, Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1950; rev. ed., 1966, p. 160, repr. pl. 20.

Otto Wittmann, "New Accessions," Toledo Museum News, vol. 3, no. 3, Summer 1960, repr. p. 66.

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.

Papert, Emma, The Illustrated Guide to American Glass, New York, Hawthorn, 1972, repr. p. 103.

Stillinger, Elizabeth, The Antiques Guide to Decorative Arts in America 1600-1876, New York, Dutton, 1972, repr. p. 330.

Jones, William B,, Ohio's Praise in Pictures, Warren, OH, Showcase Books, repr. p. 62.

Spillman, Jane Shadel and Suzanne K. Frantz, Masterpieces of American Glass, Corning Museum of Art, The Toledo Museum of Art, Lilian Nassau, Ltd., New York, Crown, 1990, repr. p. 26, fig. 39; p. 92.

Barlow, Raymond E. and Joan E. Kaiser, The Glass Industry in Sandwich, ed. Lloyd C. Nickerson, 3 vols., Windham, N.H., authors, vol. 1, 1993, repr. p. 255, no. 1302.

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. 238, no. 294, colorpl. 294, p. 160.

Page, Jutta-Annette, The Art of Glass: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Museum of Art, 2006, p. 144-145, repr. (col.) fig. 60C, p. 145.

Exhibition HistorySpillman, Jane Shadel and Suzanne K. Frantz, intro. by Nina A. Asharina, Shedevri Amerikanskogo Stekla [Masterpieces of American Glass from the Collections of the Corning Museum of Glass and the Toledo Museum of Art], exh. cat., Moscow, Soviet Press, 1990, repr. p. 55, fig. 35; p. 56.