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Vase

ManufacturerProbably American Flint Glass Works (American, 1764 -1774)

Date1845-1855

DimensionsH: 11 5/16 in. (28.7 cm); Rim Diam: 4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm); Base W: 4 3/8 in. (11.2 cm)

MediumDeep amethyst lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1967.125

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DescriptionBowl pressed upside down in a female mold of three vertical sections, with a cap ring that formed the underside and lower edge of base, by a plain male plunger. The base was then placed upright in a fixture with a mold for the patterned bowl attached above it, into which a paraison of glass was inserted and then blown, joining the lower end of the bowl to the base in perfect alignment. The bowl was reheated and the rim finished by tooling.

Published ReferencesWilson, 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. 457, no. 726.