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Vase

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

ManufacturerProbably New England Glass Company (American, 1818-1888)

Date1850-1865

DimensionsH: 10 25/32 in. (27.4 cm); Rim Diam: 3 13/16 in. (9.7 cm); Base W: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm)

MediumDeep purplish-blue lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1965.158

Not on View

DescriptionPressed in the same manner and in the same type of mold as 1964.40. No pontil mark. Traces of geometric and possibly stylized floral gilding around neck, on loops, and on standard.

Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Webb, Sandwich Glass: The History of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, 7th ed., Northboro, Mass., author, 1947, p. 482, pl. 199, center; pl. 201, right.

McKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, p. 390, pl. 199, no. 26.

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. 458, no. 730.