Plate

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

Date1828-1830

DimensionsRim Diam: 7 in. (17.75 cm); Base Diam: 5 1/4 in. (13.4 cm); H: 29/32 in. (2.3 cm)

MediumThick (approx. 1/4 in. [0.6 cm]) colorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1966.85

Not on View

DescriptionPressed upside down in a plain one-piece female mold by a male plunger bearing the pattern, using Jarves's 1828 patent method (see 1966.84). Shoulder curves inward directly to the flat bottom of the plate. Upper surface entirely plain. No cavetto. No foot ring. Chill mark on upper surface, but no definite evidence of a shear mark. Small remains of fins on underside of rim, and some evidence of some removal of fins by a stone wheel.

Published ReferencesWhite, Harry Hall, "New Views of Old Glass," Antiques, vol. 23, April 1933, p. 146, figs. 1-3.

Nelson, Kirk J., "Early Glass Pressing Technology in Sandwich," Acorn: Journal of the Sandwich Glass Museum, vol. 1, 1990, pp. 38-50.

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. 306, no. 351.

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