Footed Bowl and Cover

Place of OriginUnited States

Date1865-1875, or perhaps later

DimensionsH (with cover): 19.5 cm (7 11/16 in.); H (without cover): 13.1 cm (5 5/32 in.); Rim Diam: 10.1 cm (3 31/32 in.); Base Diam: 10.0 cm (3 15/16 in.)

MediumOpalescent opal lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1965.116

On View

Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion (2444 Monroe Street), Glass Pavilion Gallery, 3

DescriptionBowl: pressed upright in a female mold of three vertical sections bearing the so-called almond, or almond-thumbprint, pattern, with a plain, slightly conical base plate that formed the underside of the foot, with a cap ring that formed the upper surface of the rim, by a plain male plunger. The moldmarks extend from the center of the edge of the foot vertically through the stem and then follow the left side of the lowest almond, the right side of the middle almond, and the left side of the top almond for about three-quarters of its length, then vertically to the rim so that the top part of the side of the mold is approximately 1.0 cm (3/8 in.) to the right of the bottom. Rim slightly fire-polished. No pontil mark. Cover: pressed upside down in a one-piece female mold bearing the almond, or almond-thumbprint, pattern, in conjunction with a female mold of two vertical sections that formed the finial above its circular base, with a cap ring that formed the underside of the scalloped rim, by a plain male plunger. No fire-polishing. No pontil mark.

Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Webb, Early American Pressed Glass, Wellesley Hills, Mass., author, 1960, pp. 190, 195 (so-called almond, or pointed thumbprint, or fingerprint, pattern), form no. 10, pl. 154, no. 14 (drawing of goblet).

McKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, pp. 398, 400, 403, repr. pl. 210, no. 1.

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. 81.

Innes, Lowell, Pittsburgh Glass, 1791-1891: A History and Guide for Collectors, Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1976, p. 334.

Ferson, Regis F. and Mary Fleming Ferson, Yesterday's Milk Glass Today, Pittsburgh, authors, 1981, pp. 73-74, no. 367.

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. 497, no. 824.