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Manufacturer Canton Glass Company (American, 1883-1899)

Date1892-1895

DimensionsMax Diam: 24.55 cm (9 21/32 in.)

MediumSlightly translucent opal non-lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. E. M. Belknap

Object number

1965.185

Not on View

DescriptionPressed upside down over a one-piece male mold bearing the pattern, with a cap ring that formed the lower edge, underside of rim, and both exterior and underside of ring foot, by a female plunger bearing a series of concentric rings. No fire-polishing. No pontil mark.

Published ReferencesBelknap, E. M., Milk Glass, New York, Crown, 1949, repr. p. 9, no. 5-A.

Marsh, Tracy H., The American Story Recorded in Glass, Minneapolis, MN, author, 1962, p. 10, no. 8.

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. 514, no. 865.

Exhibition HistoryThe Toledo Museum of Art, E. M. Belknap Collection of Milk Glass, exh. cat., 1949

The Toledo Museum of Art, Belknap Collection of Milk Glass, exh. cat., 1965