Footed Sugar Bowl and Cover

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Footed Sugar Bowl and Cover

ManufacturerProbably Bakewell, Pears and Company (American, 1843-1880)

Date1865-1881

DimensionsH (with cover): 20.4 cm (8 1/32 in.); H (without cover): 13.0 cm (5 1/8 in.); Rim Diam: 10.9 cm (4 9/32 in.); Base Diam: 9.4 cm (3 11/16 in.)

MediumOpal non-lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1965.50

Not on View

DescriptionBowl: bowl, stem, and upper part of foot pressed in a female mold of three vertical sections bearing the Mitre Diamond pattern, with a base plate that formed the lower edge of the foot and its concave underside, with a cap ring that formed the exterior side and upper edge of the Mitre Diamond rim, by a plain male plunger. The moldmarks extend from the side of the foot upward in a straight line to the horizontal edge of the rim. No pontil mark. Cover: pressed upside down in a one-piece female mold bearing the Mitre Diamond pattern that formed the cover, in conjunction with a one-piece female mold that formed the top of the finial, a three-piece female mold that formed the acorn cap and stem, and one-piece female mold that formed the circular base of the finial, with a cap ring that formed the rim, by a plain male plunger. No pontil mark.

Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Webb, Early American Pressed Glass, Wellesley Hills, MA, author, 1960, pp. 128-130 (Mitre Diamond, or so-called sawtooth, pattern), form no. 21, pl. 41, bottom left.

Bakewell, Mary E., "The Bakewell Glass Factory," Antiques, vol. 53, March 1948, p. 221 (similar sugar bowl with cover with acorn finial and cream pitcher from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Campbell Bakewell).

M'Kee and Brothers, M'Kee Victorian Glass: Five Complete Glass Catalogs from 1859/60 to 1871, ed. with intro. and test by Lowell Innes and Jane S. Spillman, Corning, NY, and New York, Corning Museum of Glass in association with Dover, 1981, p. 16 (repr. of page from 1859-60 M'Kee and Brother catalogue), top, bottom right (Mitre Diamond sugar bowl and cover).

Spillman, Jane Shadel, Glass Tableware, Bowls, and Vases, New York, Knopf, 1982, no. 236 (opaque white nappy and cover with acorn finial).

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. 498, no. 827.