Footed Eggcup

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Footed Eggcup

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

DateProbably 1855-1870

DimensionsH: 3 9/16 in. (9.1 cm); Rim Diam: 2 3/4 in. (7.0 cm); Base Diam: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)

MediumTranslucent white alabaster (so-called clambroth) glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1965.51

Not on View

DescriptionEntire piece pressed upright in a female mold of two vertical sections bearing the Ashburton pattern that formed the top of the foot, hexagonal stem, and bowl, with a base plate that formed the edge and bottom of the foot, by a plain male plunger. The moldmarks extend from the top edge of the foot vertically through the stem and right sides of the bottom row of panels, then curve to the left and upward to follow the contour of the upper panels, then to the right at their upper curves, and then vertically to the rim. Rim tooled to an everted form and fire-polished. Polished pontil mark.

Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Webb, Early American Pressed Glass, Wellesley Hills, Mass., author, 1960, pp. 10-18 (Ashburton pattern), form no. 7, pl. 3, no. 3, left.

Watkins, Lura Woodside, "Pressed Glass of the New England Glass Company: An Early Catalogue at the Corning Museum," Journal of Glass Studies, vol. 22, 1970, pp. 149-164, pp. 157-159, fig. 9 (repr. of page from New England Glass Company 1869 catalogue, pl. 17, no. 940).

Wilson, Kenneth M., New England Glass and Glassmaking, Old Sturbridge Village Book, New York, Crowell, 1972, pp. 292-293, figs. 246, 247 (repr. of page from New England Glass Company 1869 catalogue, pl. 17, no. 940).

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. 466, no. 750.