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ManufacturerProbably New England Glass Company (American, 1818-1888)

ManufacturerProbably South Boston Flint Glass Works (American, 1813-1827)

Date1813-1830

DimensionsL rim 8.2 cm (3 1/4 in.); W rim 5.3 cm (2 3/32 in.); L base 5.8 cm (2 5/16 in.); W base 3.3 cm (1 5/16 in.); H 3.9 cm (1 17/32 in.)

MediumThick colorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1965.46

Not on View

DescriptionBlown, by the blow-over and crack-off process, in a mold, probably of two vertical sections, and a base plate bearing a pattern of thirty fine rays extending from a plain circular area at the center to the edge. Rim ground and polished. No pontil mark.

Published ReferencesWatkins, Lura Woodside, "An Antecedent of Three-Mold Glass," Antiques, vol. 36, August 1939, (Reprint 1, pp. 57-59), pp. 68-70, fig. 1, no. E, top row.

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. 210, no. 216.