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Spoon Holder

Place of OriginUnited States, probably New England

Date1855-1865

DimensionsH: 4 7/16 in. (11.3 cm); Rim Diam: 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm); Base Diam: 2 27/32 in. (7.25 cm)

MediumTransparent deep amethyst lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1965.78

Not on View

DescriptionPressed upright in a female mold of three vertical sections, bearing a pattern of three large diamonds, each containing a circular printie surrounded by a field of indented diamonds, that formed the foot, stem, and bowl, with a plain base plate that formed the underside of the foot, by a plain male plunger that formed the top of the rim and interior of the bowl. The moldmarks rise from the bottom edge of the foot vertically through the centers of the large diamonds to the upper edge of the rim. Rim fire-polished. Polished pontil mark.

Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Webb, Sandwich Glass: The History of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, 7th ed., Northboro, Mass., author, 1947, p. 509, pl. 210, bottom 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. 480, no. 787.