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Jar

Manufacturer New England Glass Company (American, 1818-1888)

Date1818-1830

DimensionsH 15.0 cm (5 29/32 in.); D rim 9.0 cm (3 17/32 in.); D base 9.7 cm (3 13/16 in.)

MediumSapphire-blue lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

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

Object number

1959.83

Not on View

DescriptionBlown in a mold (McKearin G.I-15) of three vertical sections and a base plate (uncharted by McKearin) bearing a pattern of 22 indented rays extending from a circular concavity about 3.0 cm (1 3/16 in.) in diameter to the edge; the outer ends of the rays are slightly out of alignment with the 22 ribs on the body. Neck and lip sheared and tooled to shape. Rough pontil mark. Capacity: 1 quart.

Published ReferencesMcKearin, George S., and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948

McKearin, Helen and Kenneth M. Wilson, American Bottles and Flasks and Their Ancestry, New York, Crown, 1978; etc., G.I-15, p. 248, pl. 85.

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. 227, no. 262, colorpl. 262, p. 159.