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ManufacturerProbably Boston and Sandwich Glass Works (American, 1826-1888)

Date1835-1850

DimensionsH: 1 31/32 in. (5.0 cm); Rim Diam: 9 1/8 in. (23.3 cm); Base Diam: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm)

MediumColorless glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1969.128

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DescriptionPressed over a plain male mold by a female plunger bearing the pattern of fleur-de-lis and thistle. Cable foot ring. Shear mark on patterned base.

Published ReferencesGreen, Charles W., "A Most Important Discovery at Sandwich," Antiques, vol. 32, August 1937, p. 58, fig. 2.

Keyes, Homer Eaton, "Museum Examples of Sandwich Glass," editorial, Antiques, vol. 34, July 1938, pp. 20-22 (Reprint 2, pp. 45-46), p. 22, fig. 8d.

Lee, Ruth Webb, Sandwich Glass: The History of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, 7th ed., Northboro, MA, author, 1947, p. 346, pl. 120.

McKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, p. 362, pl. 159, no. 2.

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. 75, no. 111.

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. 63, no. 145.

The Elsholz Collection of Early American Glass, 3 vols., Hyannis, MA, Richard A. Bourne, 1987, vol. 2, no. 986.

The Elsholz Collection of Early American Glass, 3 vols., Hyannis, MA, Richard A. Bourne, 1987, vol. 3, no. 1319 (compote with bowl pressed in the same mold).

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. 376, no. 509.