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Place of OriginUnited States, New England or the eastern United States area

Date1830-1835

DimensionsH: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); Rim L: 9 7/32 in. (23.4 cm); Rim W: 5 11/16 in. (14.4 cm); Base L: 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm); Base W: 2 23/32 in. (7.0 cm)

MediumHeavy, thick colorless glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1969.121

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DescriptionPressed, probably upright, in a female mold bearing the pattern by a plain male plunger. Plain rounded foot ring. A prominent crease, probably the shear mark, is evident on the plain interior surface.

Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Webb, Sandwich Glass: The History of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, 7th ed., Northboro, Mass., author, 1947, p. 310, pl. 99, top.

The Elsholz Collection of Early American Glass, 3 vols., Hyannis, Mass., Richard A. Bourne, 1987, vol. 2, no. 891.

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. 397, no. 567.