Bowl

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

Date1835-1845

DimensionsRim W: 6 11/32 in. (16.1 cm); Base Diam: 3 in. (7.6 cm); H: 1 13/32 in. (3.6 cm)

MediumColorless glass with a slightly yellowish tinge

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1969.170

Not on View

DescriptionPressed upside down in the same type of mold and in the same manner as 1969.103, but with a plain scallop border around the eagle and a rope foot ring. The sides are also slightly different: stylized foliate motifs replace the nectarines.

Published ReferencesSpillman, 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. 57, no. 127.

The Elsholz Collection of Early American Glass, 3 vols., Hyannis, Mass., Richard A. Bourne, 1987, vol. 2, no. 885.

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. 388, no. 542.