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

Place of OriginNew England

Date1828-1830

DimensionsRim Diam: 11 1/16 in. (28.1 cm); Base Diam: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm); H: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm)

MediumColorless glass with a yellowish tinge

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1969.324

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DescriptionThe thick (0.6 cm [1/4 in.]) bowl pressed in a one-piece female mold by a male plunger bearing the pattern using Jarves's 1828 patent method (see 1966.84). Joined directly to the base. Base pressed upside down, probably by a hand press, in a one-piece female mold bearing the pattern by a male plunger, plain except for a ring of triangular ribs on its lower end, with a flat shoulder patterned with six equidistant hemispheres that formed the underside of the perimeter of the base. The base stands on six low disks formed from the hemispheres that were ground and polished to level the piece. Fins on the underside of the rim were removed by grinding with a stone wheel. Slight shear mark on underside of patterned base. The interior of the bowl above the wavy horizontal rib has an undulating surface, possibly created by a shaped male follower patterned with vertical ribs. The edge of the rim slopes sharply downward, a characteristic of bowls and dishes formed by Jarves's patented pressing process. Large, rough pontil mark in the hollow foot.

Published ReferencesNelson, Kirk J., "Early Glass Pressing Technology in Sandwich," Acorn: Journal of the Sandwich Glass Museum, vol. 1, 1990, pp. 38-50, p. 38, fig. 1, right (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. 307, no. 352.