Sugar Bowl and Ball Closure

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Sugar Bowl and Ball Closure

Manufacturer Saratoga Mountain Glass Works (American, 1844-1890)

Date1844-1860

DimensionsH (with stopper): 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm); H (without stopper): 6 1/32 in. (15.3 cm); Rim Diam: 4 7/16 in. (11.25 cm); Base Diam: 3 1/8 in. (8.0 cm); Max Diam (ball): 3 1/8 in. (8.0 cm)

MediumGlass; blown, tooled, and applied decoration.

ClassificationGlass

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

Object number

1959.77

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DescriptionPale yellowish-green non-lead glass. Bowl: heavy gather blown and tooled to shape. Applied thread around neck. Two applied heavy, solid trefoil handles, each with upturned lower end. Large, slightly rough pontil mark. Ball closure: blown and tooled to slightly pointed, almost spherical, shape with knop. Rough open end from being cracked off blowpipe.

Published ReferencesWhite, Harry Hall, "Migrations of Early Glassworkers," Antiques, vol. 32, August 1937, pp. 64-67 (Reprint 1, pp. 97-100), p. 66, fig. 4, left (related pitcher).

McKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, p. 177, pl. 69, no. 6 (similar bowl and closure).

Perrot, Paul N., "The Melvin Billups Glass Collection," Antiques, vol. 88, September 1965, repr. 343, top, center (Reprint 1, p. 24).

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. 145, no. 133.