Bowl

Place of OriginProbably Midwest, possibly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Date1850-1870, or later

DimensionsRim Diam: 7 13/32 in. (18.8 cm); Base Diam: 3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm); H: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm)

MediumColorless non-lead (soda-lime) dull glass with a slightly greenish tinge.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1966.76

Not on View

DescriptionPressed, probably upright, in a female mold bearing the princess-feather pattern by a plain male plunger. Rope foot ring. What may be the shear mark is on plain interior surface.

Published ReferencesMcKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, pl. 147, no. 1 (compote).

Innes, Lowell, Pittsburgh Glass, 1791-1891: A History and Guide for Collectors, Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1976, p. 277, fig. 290 (compote).

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. 374, no. 506.

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