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Manufacturer Boston and Sandwich Glass Works (American, 1826-1888)

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

Date1818-1830

DimensionsRim L: 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); Rim W: 2 1/32 in. (5.15 cm); Base L: 2 3/4 in. (7.0 cm); Base W: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); H: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)

MediumThick colorless glass; mold-blown.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1965.57

Not on View

DescriptionBlown, by the blow-over and crack-off process, in a mold, probably of two vertical sections, with hinge and opening at diagonally opposite corners, and a base plate bearing a pattern of thirty-four rays extending from a plain circular area with a shallow dimple at its center to the edge. Rim ground and polished. No pontil mark.

Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Webb, Sandwich Glass: The History of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, 7th ed., Northboro, Mass., author, 1947, p. 163, pl. 26, top row, right.

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. 217.