Bowl

Place of OriginProbably New England or Eastern United States

Date1840-1850

DimensionsRim Diam: 7 3/8 in. (18.8 cm); Base Diam: 3 27/32 in. (9.8 cm); H: 1 17/32 in. (3.9 cm)

MediumColorless glass with a slightly yellowish tinge.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1967.52

Not on View

Collections

Glass

Published ReferencesMcKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, p. 358.

Rose, James H., The Story of American Pressed Glass of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850, exh. cat., Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, 1954, p. 82, no. 173 (purple-blue).

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. 221 (Same as Rose).

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. 405, no. 588.