Bowl

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

Date1835-1850

DimensionsRim Diam: 7 7/32 in. (18.3 cm); Base Diam: 3 13/16 in. (9.8 cm); H: 1 17/32 in. (3.9 cm)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1965.144

Not on View

DescriptionPressed, probably upright in a female mold bearing the oak-leaf pattern by a plain male plunger. Plain, rounded foot ring. A prominent wrinkle on the plain interior surface may be the shear mark.

Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Webb, Sandwich Glass: The History of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, 7th ed., Northboro, Mass., author, 1947, p. 300, pl. 93, bottom left.

McKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, p. 359, pl. 155, no. 2.

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. 383, no. 530.