Bowl

Place of OriginUnited States, probably the Midwest

Date1835-1850

DimensionsRim Diam: 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm); Base Diam: 4 3/16 in. (10.6 cm); H: 2 25/32 in. (4.5 cm)

MediumRather thick colorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1966.101

Not on View

DescriptionPressed upright in a female mold bearing the princess-feather pattern by a plain male plunger. Foot ring of triangular cross section ends in a narrow slightly rounded edge.

Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Webb, Sandwich Glass: The History of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, 7th ed., Northboro, MA, author, 1947, p. 366, pl. 135.

The Elsholz Collection of Early American Glass, 3 vols., Hyannis, MA, Richard A. Bourne, 1987, vol. 3, no. 1380.

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. 374, no. 505.

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