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Saucedish

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

Date1850-1865

DimensionsH: 3.6 cm (1 7/16 in.); Rim Diam: 15.4 cm (6 1/32 in.); Base Diam: 9.1 cm (3 9/16 in.)

MediumReddish amber non-lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1965.130

On View

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

DescriptionPressed, probably upright, in a one-piece female mold bearing the Plume pattern, with a cap ring that formed the edge and underside of the scalloped rim, by a plain male plunger. No fire-polishing. No pontil mark.

Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Web, Sandwich Glass: The History of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, 7th ed., Northboro, MA, author, 1947, p. 285, pl. 84, bottom right.

Spillman, Jane S., American and European Pressed Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning Museum of Glass Catalog Series, Corning, NY, Corning Museum of Glass, 1981, p. 91, no. 251 (amber bowl).

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. 485, no. 797.