Footed Sugar Bowl

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Footed Sugar Bowl

Place of OriginProbably Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Date1855-1865

DimensionsH: 5 21/32 in. (14.4 cm); Rim W: 4 31/32 in. (12.6 cm); Base Diam: 3 25/32 in. (9.6 cm)

MediumPale amethyst lead glass with striations.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1965.136

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DescriptionPressed upright in a female mold of two vertical sections bearing a pattern of eight flat panels on the bowl and stem that formed the interior of the bowl and upper surface of the rim, with a slightly convex base plate with flat outer shoulder that formed the underside of the foot, by a plain male plunger. The moldmarks rise from the bottom edge of the foot to the top edge of the rim. Rim fire-polished. Polished outer edges of underside of foot and 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. 475, no. 773.