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

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

Date1813-1830

DimensionsL rim 8.2 cm (3 1/4 in.); W rim 6.1 cm (2 13/32 in.); L base 4.9 cm (1 15/16 in.); W base 3.3 cm (1 5/16 in.); H 4.7 cm (1 7/8 in.)

MediumThick colorless glass; mold blown.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1965.58

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 nine ribs. Rim cut with serrations that were then ground at an angle sloping inward to produce a series of triangles. 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

McKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, p. 144

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. 211, no. 220.