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Place of OriginNew England or Eastern United States

Date1840-1850

DimensionsRim Diam: 8 31/32 in. (22.8 cm); Base Diam: 4 7/32 in. (10.7 cm); H: 4 9/16 in. (11.6 cm)

MediumCloudy colorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1967.42

Not on View

DescriptionBowl pressed upright in a one-piece female mold bearing the pattern of scrolled eyes on the base and alternating finely and coarsely stippled peacock eyes around the sides by a plain male plunger that formed the interior. Shear mark on interior. Joined by a wafer to the base. Base pressed upside down in a plain three-piece female mold that formed the underside of the foot by a male plunger bearing the pattern of stylized floral motifs and stars that also formed the hollow stem.

Published ReferencesCrane, Priscilla C., "The Boston and Sandwich Glass Company," Antiques, vol. 7, April 1925, pp. 183-190 (Reprint 2, pp. 29-36), p. 184, fig. 3.

Lee, Ruth Webb, Sandwich Glass: The History of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, 7th ed., Northboro, MA, author, 1947, p. 382, pl. 148, bottom right (bowl); pl. 143, bottom (base).

Spillman, Jane S., American and European Pressed Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning Museum of Glass Catalog Series, Corning, NY, Corning Museum of Glass, 1981, p. 84, no. 222.

The Elsholz Collection of Early American Glass, 3 vols., Hyannis, MA, Richard A. Bourne, 1987, vol. 3, no. 1612.

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. 404, no. 587.