Main Menu

Vase

Skip to main content
Collections Menu

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
Published ReferencesWatkins, Lura Woodside, Cambridge Glass, 1818-1888: The Story of the New England Glass Company, Boston, Marshall Jones, 1930; reprint, New York, Bramball House, 1953, pl. 42, top left.

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).
Pair of Vases
New England Glass Company
1860-1875
Lamp, Burning-Fluid
Probably 1850-1860
Pair of Lamps, Burning-Fluid
New England Glass Company
1850-1865
Lamp, Burning-Fluid
New England Glass Company
1850-1865
Lamp, Burning-Fluid
New England Glass Company
1850-1865
Decanter and Stopper
New England Glass Company
1865-1875
Boston and Sandwich Glass Works
1860-1870
Vase
Probably 1855-1870

Membership

Become a TMA member today

Support TMA

Help support the TMA mission