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Compote

ManufacturerPossibly Bakewell, Pears and Company (American, 1843-1880)

Date1860-1875

DimensionsH: 7.0 cm (2 3/4 in.); Rim Diam: 22.0 cm (8 21/32 in.); Base Diam: 9.8 cm (3 7/8 in.)

MediumDeep blue opalescent and colorless lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1965.104

Not on View

DescriptionPressed upright in a female mold of three vertical sections bearing the Broad Flute pattern, with a plain convex base plate that formed the lower edge and the slightly concave underside of the foot, probably with a cap ring that formed the edge of the rim, by a plain male plunger. The moldmarks extend from the midpoint of the edge of the foot along the three edges of the hexagonal stem to the lower edge of the rim. The edges and the interior and exterior surfaces of the bowl are heavily fire-polished. Broad, lightly textured sand pontil mark.

Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Webb, Early American Pressed Glass, Wellesley Hills, Mass., author, 1960, pl. 17 (repr. of page from Bakewell, Pears and Company catalogue, n.d. [about 1875] center row, left).

Innes, Lowell, Pittsburgh Glass, 1791-1891: A History and Guide for Collectors, Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1976, p. 250, fig. 254 (fiery opalescent bowl).

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. 485, no. 798.

Exhibition HistoryFrick Art Museum, Pittsburgh, PA. 2005.