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

Date1835-1845

DimensionsRim W: 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm); Base Diam: 3 19/32 in. (9.1 cm); H: 4 21/32 in. (11.8 cm)

MediumColorless glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1969.160

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DescriptionBowl pressed upright, probably in a one-piece female mold bearing the pattern of an eagle surrounded by thirteen stars on the base and three different geometric motifs (four of one and two of each of the others) with acanthus leaves between on the eight sides, by a plain male plunger. Shear mark on plain interior surface. Joined by a quadruple annular knop to the base. Base pressed, probably upside down, in a female mold of three vertical sections bearing a stylized acanthus-leaf pattern on the exterior surface of the foot by a male plunger bearing the pattern of round ribbing on the interior of the stem and concentric rings of stippling on the underside of the base. Plain flat foot ring.

Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Webb, Sandwich Glass: The History of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, 7th ed., Northboro, MA, author, 1947, p. 345, pl. 116 (bowl of this pattern and size), p. 383, pl. 145, top right (compote).

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. 56, no. 125 (bowl of this size, probably pressed in the same mold).

The Elsholz Collection of Early American Glass, 3 vols., Hyannis, MA, Richard A. Bourne, 1987, vol. 1, no. 510 (compote with this bowl and base).

The Elsholz Collection of Early American Glass, 3 vols., Hyannis, MA, Richard A. Bourne, 1987, vol. 2, no. 1258 (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. 389, no. 544.