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ManufacturerPossibly Coventry Glass Works (American, 1813-1850)

ManufacturerPossibly East Hartford Glass Works (American, 1783/1788-1830)

ManufacturerPossibly John Mather's Glass Works (American, 1805-1820 or possibly 1830)

Date1800-1820

DimensionsH 21.1 cm (8 5/16 in.); D rim 9.7 cm (3 13/16 in.); D base 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in.)

MediumDeep olive-amber glass.

ClassificationGlass

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

Object number

1959.79

On View

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

DescriptionBlown and tooled to shape. Outward-folded rim. Rough, open pontil mark.

Published ReferencesMcKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, p. 214, repr. pl. 71, no. 4.

McKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, Two Hundred Years of American Blown Glass, Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1950; rev. ed., 1966, repr. pl. 255.

Rogers, Millard F., Jr., "American Glass: 1608-1940, " Toledo Musum of Art Museum News, vol. 4, no. 3, Summer 1961, pp. 51-70, repr. p. 60.

Austen, Ferol, Poor Man's Guide to Bottle Collecting, Doubleday: Garden City, NY, 1971, p. 68, fig. 4 (this piece).

Wilson, Kenneth M., New England Glass and Glassmaking, Old Sturbridge Village Book, New York, Crowell, 1972, fig. 114, center.

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. 140, no. 116, colorpl. 116, p. 82.

Exhibition HistoryGirl Scouts Loan Exhibition, American Art Galleries, New York, 1929, no. 277