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Goblet

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

Date1870-1881

DimensionsH: 5 21/32 in. (14.4 cm); Rim Diam: 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); Base Diam: 3 11/32 in. (8.5 cm)

MediumTranslucent so-called moonstone non-lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1965.101

Not on View

DescriptionPressed upright in a female mold of three vertical sections bearing the Hotel Argus pattern, with a plain base plate, slightly domed at the center, that formed the underside and lower edge of the foot, with a cap ring that formed the plain band above the upper row of arches and the rim, by a plain male plunger. The moldmarks extend from the lower edge of the foot vertically across the top of the foot, then follow the curves of the thumbprints, stopping at the bottom of the arch forming the top. No fire-polishing. No pontil mark.

Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Webb, Early American Pressed Glass, Wellesley Hills, Mass., author, 1960, pl. 24 (repr. of page from Bakewell, Pears and Company catalogue, n.d. [about 1875]), bottom row, center (Hotel Argus goblet).

Revi, Albert C., American Pressed Glass and Figure Bottles, New York and Toronto, Nelson, 1964, p. 116 (repr. of page from Central Glass Company catalogue, n.d.), top left, no. 135.

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. 496, no. 823.