Footed Sugar Bowl and Cover

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Footed Sugar Bowl and Cover

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

Date1835-1850

DimensionsH (with cover): 13.5 cm (5 5/16 in.); H (without cover): 9.0 cm (3 17/32 in.); Rim Diam (bowl): 12.0 cm (4 3/4 in.); Base Diam (bowl): 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.)

MediumLight blue alabaster glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1969.181

Not on View

DescriptionBowl: pressed in the same mold and in the same manner as the bowl of 1953.137, but with the detail better represented. Cover: pressed in the same type of mold and in the same manner as the cover for 1953.137, with a smaller diameter flat boss below the finial of the cover.

Published ReferencesThe Elsholz Collection of Early American Glass, 3 vols., Hyannis, MA, Richard A. Bourne, 1987, vol. 1, no. 687

The Elsholz Collection of Early American Glass, 3 vols., Hyannis, MA, Richard A. Bourne, 1987, vol. 3, no. 1370

Wilson, Kenneth M., "New Discoveries in American Glass, 1760-1930," Antiques, vol. 144, December 1993, pp. 808-817, repr. p. 810, pl. V; p. 814

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. 366, no. 490, colorpl. 490, p. 252.