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Bowl

Manufacturer Redwood Glass Works (American, 1833-1877 or later)

Place of OriginRedwood, New York

Date1833-1850

DimensionsD rim 18.45 cm (7 9/32 in.); D base 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.); H 6.8 cm (2 21/32 in.)

MediumDeep aquamarine non-lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

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

Object number

1959.76

On View

Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion (2444 Monroe Street), Glass Pavilion Gallery, 3

DescriptionBlown and tooled to shape. Applied Type II lily pad decoration. Outward-folded rim. Rough pontil mark.

Label TextThough the decoration on this bowl and the other vessels in this case resembles abstracted lily pads, the ornament may simply have evolved from traditional glassmaking techniques rather than any deliberate attempt to copy nature.Published ReferencesMcKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, pl. 6, no. 1.

White, Harry Hall, "Migrations of Early Glassworkers," Antiques, vol. 32, August 1937, pp. 64-67 (Reprint 1, pp. 97-100), p. 66, fig. 4, no. C (similar bowls).

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. 144, no. 129.