Plate

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

Date1827-1830

DimensionsRim Diam: 5 11/16 in. (14.4 cm); Base Diam: 3 5/8 in. (9.3 cm); H: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)

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

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1964.96

Not on View

DescriptionPressed by machine upside down over a male mold, plain except for the beaded rope design around the edge of the rim, by a female plunger bearing the pattern. Faint shear mark on the patterned underside of the bottom. Some slight fins on the underside of the rim.

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 center.

The Elsholz Collection of Early American Glass, 3 vols., Hyannis, Mass., Richard A. Bourne, 1987, vol. 2, no. 1289.

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. 299, no. 338.

Exhibition HistoryThe Toledo Museum of Art, Early American Pressed Glass, exhibition, January 28-March 6, 1966 (no catalog).