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Compote

ManufacturerPossibly Boston and Sandwich Glass Works (American, 1826-1888)

Date1829-1830

DimensionsD rim 14.1 cm (5 9/16 in.); D base 9.0 cm (3 17/32 in.); H 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.)

MediumThick (0.6 cm [1/4 in.]) colorless glass with a straw-colored tinge.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1964.120

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DescriptionBowl pressed upside down over a male mold, plain except for the beaded rope pattern on the upper surface of the scalloped rim, by a female plunger bearing most of the pattern. No cap ring. Applied to a solid tooled inverted baluster and medial knopped stem and heavy round foot. Shoulder of bowl flared outward either by tooling or by centrifugal force. Rough, solid pontil mark that appears to have been tooled to smooth it.

Published ReferencesKeefe, John W., "American Lacy and Pressed Glass in the Toledo Museum of Art," Antiques, vol. 100, July 1971, pp. 104-109 (Reprint 2, pp. 151-156), p. 104, repr. fig. 1, bottom right.

Keefe, John W., "A Comparison of the Products of the New England and the Boston and Sandwich Glass Companies," pt. 1, The Glass Club Bulletin of the National Early American Glass Club, nos. 96-97, December 1970-March 1971, pp. 3-12; pt. 2, The Glass Club Bulletin of the National Early American Glass Club, no. 98, August 1971, pp. 3-7, p. 7, repr. fig. 7.

Spillman, Jane S., American and European Pressed Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning Museum of Glass Catalog Series, Corning, N.Y., Corning Museum of Glass, 1981, p. 39, nos. 58 (compote with same bowl), 57 (plate in same pattern).

The Elsholz Collection of Early American Glass, 3 vols., Hyannis, Mass., Richard A. Bourne, 1987, vol. 2, no. 809.

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. 312, no. 361.