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Toy Mug

Place of OriginProbably Midwest

Date1855-1875

DimensionsH: 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm); Rim Diam: 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm); Base Diam: 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm)

MediumGreenish-blue non-lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1965.52

Not on View

DescriptionPressed upright in a female mold of three vertical sections bearing a pattern of fine ribs, with a base plate with a broad shallow boss that formed a hollow in the base, probably with a cap ring that formed the top of the rim, by a plain male plunger. One of the moldmarks extends vertically through the handle. Rim fire-polished. Outer edge of underside of base ground and semipolished.

Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Webb, Sandwich Glass: The History of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, 7th ed., Northboro, Mass., author, 1947, pp. 112-115 (fine-rib pattern).

McKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, p. 398, pl. 208, no. 13 (full-size mug in this pattern, with an applied handle).

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. 465, no. 746.