Dish

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Dish

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

DateProbably 1827-1830

DimensionsH: 4.0 cm (1 9/16 in.); Rim L: 18.5 cm (7 5/32 in.); Rim W: 13.4 cm (5 5/32 in.); Base L: 12.0 cm (4 3/4 in.); Base W: 7.0 cm (2 3/4 in.)

MediumVery heavy, thick (0.8 cm [5/16 in.]) colorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1966.52

Not on View

DescriptionPressed by machine upside down over a plain male mold with scalloped and pointed sides that formed the side rim of the dish by a female plunger bearing the pattern. Broad, flat foot ring. Shear mark on patterned underside of base. Parts of fins remain on underside of rim; most were ground off by a stone wheel.

Published ReferencesThe Elsholz Collection of Early American Glass, 3 vols., Hyannis, MA, Richard A. Bourne, 1987, vol. 2, no. 805

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. 302, no. 344.

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