Dish

Place of OriginProbably Midwest

Date1835-1845

DimensionsRim Diam: 8 5/16 in. (21.1 cm); Base Diam: 3 7/8 in. (9.9 cm); H: 1 25/32 in. (4.5 cm)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1966.105

Not on View

DescriptionPressed upside down over a plain male mold by a female plunger bearing all of the pattern and the stippled background, including that on the rim scallops. No foot ring; the piece rests on the six rope scrolls.

Published ReferencesRose, James H., "Unrecorded Rarities in American Glass: More Lacy Items," Antiques, vol. 71, February 1957, pp. 160-162 (Reprint 2, pp. 148-150), p. 161, top right.

Spillman, Jane S., American and European Pressed Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning Museum of Glass Catalog Series, Corning, NY, Corning Museum of Glass, 1981, p. 62, no. 143.

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. 392, no. 554.

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