Bowl

Place of OriginProbably New England

Date1835-1850

DimensionsH: 2 1/32 in. (5.2 cm); Rim Diam: 9 7/16 in. (24.0 cm); Base Diam: 4 7/16 in. (11.3 cm);

MediumThick, heavy colorless glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1969.138

Not on View

DescriptionPressed upside down over a plain male mold by a female plunger bearing the pattern. Plain rounded foot ring. Shear mark on patterned underside of base.

Published ReferencesKeyes, Homer Eaton, "Sandwich Lacy Glass," Antiques, vol. 24, August 1933, pp. 58-61 (Reprint 2, pp. 41-45), p. 61, fig. 17.

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, Mass., author, 1947, pp. 346, 352, pl. 121.

Rose, James H., The Story of American Pressed Glass of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850, exh. cat., Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, N.Y., 1954, p. 76, no. 121.

Spillman, Jane S., American and European Pressed Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning Museum of Glass Catalog Series, Corning, N.Y., Corning Museum of Glass, 1981, p. 48, no. 90.

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. 513.