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Spoon Holder

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

Date1860-1870

DimensionsH: 14.7 cm (5 25/32 in.); Rim W: 9.6 cm (3 25/32 in.); Base Diam: 7.7 cm (3 1/32 in.)

MediumTranslucent jade-green alabaster glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1965.125

Not on View

DescriptionPressed in a female mold of three vertical sections bearing the Cable pattern that formed the exterior of the piece except for the top edge of the fans and the underside of the foot, by a male plunger that formed the interior of the bowl and the top edge of the fans, in conjunction with a second male plunger, or plug, that formed the hollow interior of the foot and its slightly curved outer edge. The moldmarks extend from the lower edge of the foot vertically to the left edge of three of the cables to the outer right end of three of the fans. Three alternate panels are gilded with a stylized grapevine and grapes. No pontil mark.

Published ReferencesChipman, Frank W., The Romance of Old Sandwich Glass, Sandwich, MA, Sandwich Publishing, 1932, p. 86, bottom right.

Lee, Ruth Webb, Early American Pressed Glass, Wellesley Hills, Mass., author, 1960, pp. 185-186 (Cable pattern), form no. 15, pl. 32, bottom right (plate); pl. 36, row 4 (eggcup).

McKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, p. 396, repr. pl. 205, no. 5.

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. 87.

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. 109, repr. fig. 10, center.

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. 482, no. 790, colorpl. 790, p. 263.