Bowl
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Bowl
ManufacturerProbably
Boston and Sandwich Glass Works
(American, 1826-1888)
Date1835-1850
DimensionsRim Diam: 9 13/32 in. (23.9 cm); Base Diam: 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm); H: 1 31/32 in. (5.0 cm)
MediumColorless glass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth
Object number
1969.102
Not on View
DescriptionPressed upside down over a plain male mold by a female plunger bearing the pattern of tulips and acanthus leaves. Plain broad, flat foot ring. Shear mark on patterned base.
Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Webb, Sandwich Glass: The History of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, 7th ed., Northboro, MA, author, 1947, p. 360, pl. 131, 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. 108, nos. 320-324.
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. 377, no. 512.
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