Bowl

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

Date1830-1845

DimensionsRim Diam: 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm); Base Diam: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); H: 1 7/16 in. (3.65 cm)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1966.102

Not on View

DescriptionPressed upside down over a plain male mold by a female plunger bearing the pattern. Slightly rounded foot ring. Slight shear mark evident on underside of base.

Published ReferencesMcKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, p. 360, pl. 157, no. 3.

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. 378, no. 514.

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