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Footed Salt

Place of OriginProbably Midwest
Date1810-1830
DimensionsH: 3 in. (7.65 cm); Rim Diam: 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm); Base Diam: 2 in. (5.1 cm)
MediumSapphire-blue lead glass.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth
Object number
1971.19
Not on View
DescriptionBowl blown in a one-piece dip mold patterned with sixteen almost vertical ribs. Removed and twisted slightly to the right at the rim. Joined by a solid ribbed knop drawn from the same gather to the foot. Sloping foot tooled from an applied gather. Small, rough, solid pontil mark.
Published ReferencesMcKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, p. 54, pl. 23, no. 4.

McKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, Two Hundred Years of American Blown Glass, Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1950; rev. ed., 1966, p. 236, pl. 58, no. 2.

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. 191, no. 171.

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