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Compote

Place of OriginProbably New England or eastern United States

Date1835-1850

DimensionsRim Diam: 5 7/16 in. (13.8 cm); Base Diam: 3 15/32 in. (8.8 cm); H: 3 31/32 in. (10.1 cm)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1966.72

Not on View

DescriptionBowl pressed, probably upright, in a one-piece female mold bearing the princess-feather pattern, branches of leaves, stars, and cinquefoil motifs on the ribs with scrolls and cinquefoil motifs on the base, by a plain male plunger. Rope foot ring. Joined by a wafer to the hollow base. Base pressed, probably upside down, in a plain two-piece female mold that formed a triple annular knop on the stem by a male plunger bearing the pattern of scrolls and six-pointed stars on a stippled background, with ribs above terminating in a plain section.

Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Webb, Sandwich Glass: The History of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, 7th ed., Northboro, Mass., author, 1947, p. 383, pl. 144, bottom left (base).

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. 373, no. 504.

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