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Vase

ManufacturerProbably New England Glass Company (American, 1818-1888)

Date1850-1865

DimensionsH: 11 21/32 in. (29.6 cm); Max Rim Diam: 4 3/8 in. (11.15 cm); Base W: 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm)

MediumSapphire-blue lead glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1969.95

Not on View

DescriptionBowl pressed in the same manner and possibly in the same mold as lamp 1964.68, then reheated, drawn out, and tooled to vase form, or possibly pressed in a mold of the same pattern but larger in the same manner as the lamp. Joined by a wafer to an octagonal standard and square plinth pressed in the same manner and in the same mold as 1964.68. Pontil mark around edge of hollow standard.

Published ReferencesMcKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, p. 386, pl. 197, no. 1 (plain rim).

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. 446, no. 697.