Goblet

Place of OriginProbably Midwest

Date1885-1900 or 1920s

DimensionsH: 15.05 cm (5 15/16 in.); Rim Diam: 8.5 cm (3 11/32 in.); Base Diam: 8.1 cm (3 3/16 in.)

MediumSapphire-blue lead glass; edge of rim of bowl and foot opalescent white from the reaction of oxides (probably fluorides) to reheating.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1965.118

Not on View

DescriptionPressed upright in a female coggle mold of three vertical sections bearing the Argus pattern by a plain male plunger, in conjunction with a male plug that formed a cylinder at the bottom of the stem that was reheated and tooled to form the foot, with a cap ring that formed the rim. Concave, polished pontil mark.

Published ReferencesWilson, 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. 817, no. 1398.