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Spoon Holder

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

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

Date1860-1870

DimensionsH: 14.2 cm (5 19/32 in.); Rim Diam: 8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.); Base Diam: 8.1 cm (3 3/16 in.)

MediumAmethyst lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1965.65

Not on View

DescriptionEntire piece pressed upright in a female mold of three vertical sections bearing the Lawrence pattern, with a plain base plate, with a cap ring that formed the rim and area above the arches, by a plain male plunger. The foot was probably formed from a hollow cylinder at the lower end of the stem by the Magoun and Sweeney patent methods (see also ACGC, p. 467, no. 752). Rim heavily fire-polished and possibly tooled. No pontil mark.

Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Webb, Early American Pressed Glass, Wellesley Hills, MA, author, 1960, pp. 158-160 (Lawrence, or so-called bull's-eye, pattern), form no. 18, pl. 48, top right; pl. 49, rows 1, 2.

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, pp. 160-161, fig. 12 (repr. of page from New England Glass Company 1869 catalogue, pl. 21, nos. 1102, 1121, 1131, 1142).

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), p. 108, repr. fig. 6, bottom left.

Wilson, Kenneth M., New England Glass and Glassmaking, Old Sturbridge Village Book, New York, Crowell, 1972, p. 338, fig. 200 (repr. of page from New England Glass Company 1869 catalogue, pl. 21).

Fauster, Carl U., Libbey Glass Since 1818, Toledo, Ohio, Len Beach Press, 1979, repr. p. 192, no. 49.

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. 469, no. 757, colorpl. 757, p. 262.

Exhibition HistoryThe Toledo Museum of Art, Libbey Glass: A Tradition of 150 Years, 1818-1968, exh. cat., Toledo, Ohio, 1968, p. 57, no. 49.