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Claret Glass

ManufacturerPossibly Fort Pitt Glass Works (American)

Date1855-1870

DimensionsH: 14.05 cm (5 17/32 in.); Rim Diam: 6.1 cm (2 13/32 in.); Base Diam: 6.2 cm (2 7/16 in.)

MediumOpalescent lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1965.139

Not on View

DescriptionPressed in the same manner, type of mold, and pattern as ACGC, p. 468, nos. 754 and 755. Rim fire-polished. Polished pontil mark.

Published ReferencesRogers, 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. 108, repr. fig. 7, front 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. 468, no. 756, colorpl. 756, p. 261.