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Jar or Vase

Place of OriginProbably Ohio or West Virginia

DateLate nineteenth to early twentieth century

DimensionsH: 10 19/32 in. (26.9 cm); Rim Diam: 3 17/32 in. (9.0 cm); Base Diam: 4 1/16 in. (10.3 cm)

MediumViolet-blue non-lead glass; mold-blown and tooled.

ClassificationGlass

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

Object number

1959.69

Not on View

DescriptionBlown and patterned in a one-piece dip mold with twenty-four ribs, then optic-molded while being expanded and turned in a smooth, cylindrical paste mold, and finished by tooling. The outer underside of the base varies in width from about 0.9 cm (3/8 in.) to 1.9 cm (3/4 in.) and has been ground flat and polished. No pontil mark. The external ribs formed in the dip mold are evident on the short neck, in contrast to the optic-molded areas on the body and shoulder.

Published ReferencesRogers, Millard F., Jr., "American Glass: 1608-1940, " Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 4, no. 3, Summer 1961, pp. 51-70, p. 364, repr. p. 370.

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. 65.

Keefe, John W., "A Comparison of the Products of the New England and the Boston and Sandwich Glass Companies," pt. 1, The Glass Club Bulletin of the National Early American Glass Club, nos. 96-97, December 1970-March 1971, pp. 3-12; pt. 2, The Glass Club Bulletin of the National Early American Glass Club, no. 98, August 1971, pp. 3-7, p. 6, repr. fig. 5.

Austen, Ferol, Poor Man's Guide to Bottle Collecting, Doubleday: Garden City, N.Y., 1971, repr. p. 65, fig. 23.

Allison, Grace, "Toledo, Ohio, Museum of Art Has the Most Extensive Glass Collection in Country," Tri-State Trader, April 22, 1978, repr. p. 43.

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. 811, no. 1384.