Bowl

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Bowl

Place of OriginProbably New England

Date1827-1828

DimensionsRim L: 9 7/16 in. (24.0 cm); Rim W: 6 7/32 in. (15.8 cm); Base L: 5 29/32 in. (15.0 cm); H: 2 1/16 in. (5.3 cm); Thickness: 11/16 in. (0.7 cm)

MediumGlass; mold-pressed.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1964.121

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DescriptionLess-than-full-lead colorless glass with a yellowish tinge. Pressed by machine upside down over a male mold bearing the pattern of triangular ribs on the upper surface of the slightly rounded rim by a female plunger bearing the balance of the pattern. The gently curving side continues as the flat, plain bottom of the oval bowl. Foot ring of triangular cross section. Shear mark on the patterned exterior of the base. Underside of rim ground with a stone wheel to remove fins.

Published ReferencesSpillman, 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. 40, no. 62.

The Elsholz Collection of Early American Glass, 3 vols., Hyannis, Mass., Richard A. Bourne, 1987, vol. 3, no. 1861.

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. 301, no. 343.