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Spoon Holder

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

Manufacturer M'Kee and Brothers (American, 1854-1901, 1904-1910)

Date1864-1870

DimensionsH: 14.5 cm (5 23/32 in.); Rim Diam: 9.3 cm (3 21/32 in.); Base Diam: 8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.)

MediumSapphire-blue lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1965.157

Not on View

DescriptionPressed upright in a female mold of three vertical sections bearing the so-called ribbed-grape pattern, with a base plate of conical form bearing a rayed pattern that formed the underside and lower edge of the base, with a cap ring that formed the rim, by a plain male plunger. The moldmarks extend from the center of the edge of the foot vertically to the lower points of the pointed scalloped rim. Rim fire-polished. No pontil mark.

Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Webb, Early American Pressed Glass, Wellesley Hills, MA, author, 1960, pp. 102-109 (ribbed-grape pattern), form no. 8, pl. 36, top right.

McKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, pp. 395, 398, 400, 401, 406, pl. 209, no. 15 (goblet); pl. 210, no. 5 (opaque white compote).

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. 10, right.

Barlow, Raymond E. and Joan E. Kaiser, The Glass Industry in Sandwich, ed. Lloyd C. Nickerson, 3 vols., Windham, N.H., authors, vol. 1, 1993, repr. p. 177, no. 1215.

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. 492, no. 815.