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Spoon Holder

Place of OriginProbably Midwest

Date1855-1865

DimensionsH: 12.2 cm (4 13/16 in.); Rim Diam: 7.8 cm (3 1/16 in.); Base Diam: 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.)

MediumLight blue non-lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1965.36

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DescriptionPressed upright in a female mold of three vertical sections bearing the Mitre Diamond pattern, with a base plate that formed the plain underside of the foot, with a cap ring that formed the exterior side and top of the rim, by a plain male plunger. The moldmarks extend across the top of the foot, then rise vertically along the contour of the diamond stem and then vertically along the sides of the panels above the stem, continuing through the plain lower section of the bowl up through the points of the diamonds to the underside of the rim. Rim fire-polished; foot, stem, and base of bowl heavily fire-polished, almost obliterating the moldmarks on the foot. Rough pontil mark.

Published ReferencesWilson, 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. 479, no. 786.