Dish

Expand

IIIFView PDF

Dish

Place of OriginProbably Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Date1835-1845

DimensionsRim Diam: 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm); Base Diam: 3 7/16 in. (8.7 cm); H: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)

MediumBlue lead glass; mold-pressed.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1967.37

Not on View

DescriptionPressed upright in a female mold bearing the pattern by a plain male plunger. The piece rests on 12 bull's-eyes around the edge of the base.

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. 411, no. 607, colorpl. 607, p. 254.Exhibition HistoryRose, James H., The Story of American Pressed Glass of the Lacy Period, 182501850, exh. cat., Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, N.Y., 1954, p. 114, no. 422.