Footed Sugar Bowl and Cover

Place of OriginMidwest

Date1875-1885

DimensionsH (with cover): 18.8 cm (7 13/32 in.); H (without cover): 12.9 cm (5 1/16 in.); Rim Diam: 10.6 cm (4 5/32 in.); Base Diam: 8.2 cm (3 7/32 in.)

MediumColorless non-lead glass of poor quality and slightly yellowish cast.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1965.76

Not on View

DescriptionBowl: pressed upright in a female mold of two vertical sections bearing the so-called balloon pattern (each section bearing four panels depicting a balloon, a harp, a heart, or a leaf above a container of balls), with a base plate that formed the lower edge and underside of the base, with a cap ring that formed the upper and inner surfaces of the scalloped rim, by a plain male plunger. The moldmarks extend from the lower edge of the foot to the rim. Rim fire-polished. No pontil mark. Cover: pressed upside down in a one-piece female mold bearing four panels to match the bowl, in conjunction with a two-piece plain female mold that formed the finial and a one-piece female mold that formed the rest of the exterior, probably with a cap ring that formed the underside of the rim, by a plain male plunger. No fire-polishing. No pontil mark.

Published ReferencesInnes, Lowell, Pittsburgh Glass, 1791-1891: A History and Guide for Collectors, Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1976, p. 365, fig. 401, 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. 503, no. 837.