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Vase

Place of OriginUnited States, New England

DateProbably 1850-1860

DimensionsH: 9 7/32 in. (23.4 cm); Rim W: 4 in. (10.2 cm); Base W: 3 3/4 in. (9.6 cm)

MediumLight olive-amber lead glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1969.216

Not on View

DescriptionEntire piece pressed in the same manner and in the same mold as 1967.103, but the vertical moldmarks that extend to the rim, which was reheated, drawn out, and crimped to form the goffered rim, are much more evident. Underside of base ground and polished.

Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Webb, Sandwich Glass: The History of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, 7th ed., Northboro, Mass., author, 1947, pl. 199, right.

McKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, p. 392, pl. 202, no. 54.

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. 462, no. 740.