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

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

Date1827-1830

DimensionsD rim 15.0 cm (5 29/32 in.); D base 9.2 cm (3 5/8 in.); H 2.0 cm (3/4 in.)

MediumGlass; mold-pressed.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1964.94

Not on View

DescriptionLight yellowish-green lead glass of poor quality containing numerous stones, bubbles, and streaks of amethyst. Pressed by machine upside down over a male mold that also formed the side of the rim, plain except for the beaded rope border around the upper surface of the rim, by a female plunger bearing the balance of the pattern. Plain foot ring; numerous craze lines typical of early pressed glass. Slight fins on lower edge of rim.

Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Webb, Sandwich Glass: The History of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, 7th ed., Northboro, Mass., author, 1947, p. 233, pl. 64, top right.

Rogers, Millard F., Jr., "Early American Pressed Glass: The Duckworth Gift of Glass," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 8, no. 4, Winter 1965, pp. 74-94, repr. p. 89; Rogers, "Comparison," p. 7, repr. fig. 7.

Keefe, 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, top left.

The Elsholz Collection of Early American Glass, 3 vols., Hyannis, Mass., Richard A. Bourne, 1987, vol. 2, nos. 1287, 1288.

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. 300, no. 339.

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