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

Place of OriginNew England

Date1829-1830

DimensionsRim Diam: 5 15/16 in. (15.1 cm); H: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm)

MediumPurplish-blue lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1966.97

Not on View

DescriptionPressed upright in a one-piece female mold bearing the pattern of four overlapping hearts in the center surrounded by rows of graduated strawberry diamonds, with a row of thirteen hearts around the rim alternating with thirteen sheaves of grain, each with five dots above and a star at either side of its base, by a plain male plunger.

Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Webb, Sandwich Glass: The History of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, 7th ed., Northboro, Mass., author, 1947, pp. 323-324, pl. 105, bottom right.

McKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, p. 356, pl. 151, no. 2.

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. 305, no. 349, colorpl. 349, p. 249.

Exhibition HistoryRose, James H., "Unrecorded Rarities in Lacy Glass: More Lacy Items," Antiques, vol. 71, February 1957, p. 66, no. 44;

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