Compote
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Compote
ManufacturerProbably
Boston and Sandwich Glass Works
American, 1826-1888
Date1835-1850
DimensionsRim Diam: 10 1/16 in. (25.5 cm); Base Diam: 4 23/32 in. (12.0 cm); H: 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm)
MediumColorless glass.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth
Object number
1968.54
Not on View
Collections
Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Webb, Sandwich Glass: The History of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, 7th ed., Northboro, MA, author, 1947, p. 375, p. 346, pl. 119 (bowl pressed in the same mold).
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McKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, p. 362, pl. 159, fig. 1 (bowl pressed in the same mold).
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. 89, no. 239, pl. XXX, top (bowl in this pattern and a Meissen porcelain compote), no. 242, pl. XXX, bottom.
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. 93, no. 261 (bowl in this pattern).
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. 375, no. 507.
Exhibition HistoryMiami University Art Museum, Glass: Pre-Roman to the Present, Oxford, OH, November 8, 1980-February 8, 1981.1835-1850
1850-1870, or later
1840-1850
1835-1845
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