Plate

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

Date1835-1845

DimensionsRim W: 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm); Base Diam: 4 3/16 in. (10.6 cm)

MediumColorless glass with a grayish tinge.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1966.90

Not on View

DescriptionPressed upside down over a plain male mold by a female plunger bearing the scrolled-leaf-and-fleur-de-lis pattern. Thin rounded foot ring. Faint shear mark slightly evident on patterned underside.

Published ReferencesKeyes, Homer Eaton, "Sandwich Lacy Glass," Antiques, vol. 24, August 1933, pp. 58-61 (Reprint 2, pp. 41-45), fig. 8.

Keyes, Homer Eaton, "Pressed Glass a Debtor to Staffordshire?" Antiques, vol. 32, August 1937, p. 78, fig. 4, bottom.

Lee, Ruth Webb, Sandwich Glass: The History of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, 7th ed., Northboro, MA, author, 1947, p. 334, pl. 112, top left.

McKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, p. 360, pl. 156, no. 1.

Keefe, John W., "American Lacy and Pressed Glass in the Toledo Museum of Art," Antiques, vol. 100, July 1971, pp. 104-109 (Reprint 2, pp. 151-156), p. 108, repr. fig. 4.

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. 380, no. 519.

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