Vase
Vase
ManufacturerPossibly
New England Glass Company
American, 1818-1888
ManufacturerPossibly
Sweeney Glass Works
American, 1818-1888
Date1860-1875
DimensionsH: 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in.); Rim Diam: 11.8 cm (4 21/32 in.); D base 11.2 cm (4 13/32 in.)
MediumTransparent light blue lead glass.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth
Object number
1965.61A
Not on View
Lee, Ruth Webb, Early American Pressed Glass, Wellesley Hills, MA, author, 1960, pl. 3, top left.
Revi, Albert C., American Pressed Glass and Figure Bottles, New York and Toronto, Nelson, 1964, p. 153, center 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, p. 158, no. 912.
Wilson, Kenneth M., New England Glass and Glassmaking, Old Sturbridge Village Book, New York, Crowell, 1972, p. 293, fig. 247, no. 912.
Innes, Lowell, Pittsburgh Glass, 1791-1891: A History and Guide for Collectors, Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1976, p. 343, fig. 365, left.
Wilson, Kenneth M., "New Discoveries in American Glass, 1760-1930," Antiques, vol. 144, December 1993, pp. 808-817, repr. p. 809, pl. IV; p. 813.
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. 454, no. 719, colorpl. 719, p. 259.
Exhibition HistoryThe Toledo Museum of Art, Early American Pressed Glass, exhibition, January 28-March 6, 1966 (no catalog).Probably 1850-1860
1850-1865
1850-1865
1840-1850
Probably 1855-1870
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