Footed Vessel and Cover

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

Date1860-1870

DimensionsH (with cover): 6 7/16 in. (16.4 cm); H (without cover): 4 5/32 in. (10.6 cm); Rim Diam: 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm); Base Diam: 2 3/8 in. (6.0 cm)

MediumTranslucent, light blue, alabaster glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1965.16

Not on View

DescriptionVessel: pressed upright in a female mold of three vertical sections bearing a flat diamond-and-panel pattern, with a plain cylindrical mold above, with a base plate bearing a twelve-pointed rosette that formed the underside of the foot, by a plain male plunger. The moldmarks extend vertically from the lower edge of the foot through the edge of the stem, then rise following the left edge of the outer plain panel to the lip below the rim. Cover: pressed upside down in a three-piece mold, including the finial, with a cap ring that formed the lip, by a plain male plunger.

Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Webb, Sandwich Glass: The History of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, 7th ed., Northboro, Mass., author, 1947, pl. 216, bottom left (goblet with same pattern).

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. 491, no. 813.