Bowl

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

Date1835-1845

DimensionsRim W: 6 1/32 in. (15.3 cm); Base Diam: 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); H: 1 1/4 in. (3.1 cm)

MediumColorless glass with a yellowish tinge.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1966.58

Not on View

DescriptionPressed upside down over a plain male mold by a female plunger bearing the pattern. Plain foot ring of narrow triangular cross section. Center of underside of bowl plain.

Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Webb, Sandwich Glass: The History of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, 7th ed., Northboro, Mass., author, 1947, p. 294, pl. 87, top right.

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. 390, no. 546.

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