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Compote

Place of OriginPossibly New England

Date1850-1855

DimensionsH: 8.75 cm (3 7/16 in.); Rim Diam: 20.7 cm (8 5/32 in.); Base Diam: 10.2 cm (4 1/32 in.)

MediumColorless glass with a slight grayish cast.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1965.142

Not on View

DescriptionBowl similar to ACGC, p. 454, no. 720 and pressed in the same manner and the same pattern but not the same mold and neither fire-polished nor tooled with indentations. Joined by a wafer to a base unpatterned except for four concentric concave ridges on the hollow interior and a slightly rounded foot edge. Base pressed upside down in a one-piece female mold by a plain male plunger, with a cap ring that formed the underside of the foot. No pontil mark. Base apparently held in a snap tool to affix it to the bowl.

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. 455, no. 722.