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Place of OriginProbably eastern United States

Date1835-1845

DimensionsRim Diam: 5 13/16 in. (14.8 cm); Base Diam: 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm)

MediumColorless glass of fine quality.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1966.56

Not on View

DescriptionPressed, probably upright, in a female mold bearing the pattern by a plain male plunger. No foot ring. Slight shear mark on plain upper surface.

Published ReferencesRose, James H., The Story of American Pressed Glass of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850, exh. cat., Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, 1954, p. 73, no. 97.

The Elsholz Collection of Early American Glass, 3 vols., Hyannis, MA, Richard A. Bourne, 1987, vol. 3, no. 1685.

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. 419, no. 629.

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