Cologne Bottle and Stopper

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Cologne Bottle and Stopper

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

Date1865-1870

DimensionsH (with stopper): 17.6 cm (6 15/16 in.); H (without stopper): 14.2 cm (5 19/32 in.); Rim Diam: 3.85 cm (1 1/2 in.); Base Diam: 5.0 cm (1 31/32 in.)

MediumBottle and stopper: deep sapphire-blue lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1965.64

Not on View

DescriptionBottle: blown in a mold of three vertical sections bearing a pattern generally called bull's-eye (but called Lawrence by the New England Glass Company) and a base plate. Shoulder, neck, and rim formed by tooling. Shoulder and part of neck cut with eight flutes. Interior of neck ground to receive stopper. Semipolished pontil mark. Hexagonal non-lead stopper: pressed in a mold of two vertical sections. Shank ground to fit the neck of a bottle.

Published ReferencesWatkins, 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. 161, fig. 15 (repr. of pl. 25 from New England Glass Company, Catalogue, 1869, no. 1326, a variant of this bottle).

Keefe, John W., "American Lacy and Pressed Glass in the Toledo Museum of Art," Antiques, vol. 100, July 1971, pp. 104-109 (Reprint 2, pp. 151-156), repr. p. 109, fig. 10.

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. 542, no. 895.

Exhibition HistoryThe Toledo Museum of Art, Early American Pressed Glass, exhibition, January 28-March 6, 1966 (no catalog).