Bowl
Bowl
Place of OriginUnited States
DateProbably 1880-1900; possibly 1920-1940
DimensionsMax Rim Diam: 6 5/16 in. (16.0 cm); Base Diam: 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm); H: 3 5/32 in. (8.0 cm)
MediumOpal non-lead glass.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Mrs. E. M. Belknap
Object number
1965.196
Not on View
DescriptionPressed, probably upright, in a female mold of three plain vertical sections with a base plate that formed the lower edge and underside of the base, by a male plunger bearing a pattern of two swallows in flight near the upper end. Upper half of tumbler-like form reheated, opened, and formed into this lobed shape by tooling. No pontil mark.
Published ReferencesBelknap, E. M., Milk Glass, New York, Crown, 1949, repr. p. 210, no. 195b, left.
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. 509, no. 853.
Exhibition HistoryThe Toledo Museum of Art, Belknap Collection of Milk Glass, exh. cat., 1965.1880-1900
1875-1885
1865-1875, or perhaps later
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