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Place of OriginProbably New England

Date1827-1830

DimensionsH: 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.); Rim Diam: 22.6 cm (8 7/8 in.); Base Diam: 14.4 cm (5 5/8 in.)

MediumColorless glass with a slightly grayish tinge.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1966.96

Not on View

DescriptionPressed upright by machine in a one-piece female mold bearing the pattern by a plain male plunger. The plain interior bears a large, prominent shear mark and chill marks.

Published ReferencesThe Elsholz Collection of Early American Glass, 3 vols., Hyannis, MA, Richard A. Bourne, 1987, vol. 3, no. 1377

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. 300, no. 340.

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