Toy Decanter and Stopper

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Toy Decanter and Stopper

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

Date1825-1840

DimensionsH (with stopper): 8.85 cm (3 1/2 in.); H (without stopper): 6.8 cm (2 11/16 in.); Base Diam: 3.3 cm (1 5/16 in.)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1971.22

Not on View

DescriptionDecanter: blown in a mold (McKearin G.III-12) of three vertical sections and a base plate (McKearin Ringed Type III). Flange lip sheared and tooled to shape. Rough open pontil mark. Solid stopper: pattern-molded and tooled to shape, then cracked off at lower end.

Label TextToy versions of larger glassware items must have been popular in the early 1800s. The Boston and Sandwich firm records reveal numerous toy glass items being made in large quantities—including not only tumblers, decanters, and pitchers, but also jugs, salt containers, and even toy glass hats. The cost for these novelty items ranged from $.03 to $.04 each.Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Web, Sandwich Glass: The History of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, 7th ed., Northboro, Mass., author, 1947, p. 173, pls. 27, 28;

McKearin, George S., and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948; McKearin, Helen and Kenneth M. Wilson, American Bottles and Flasks and Their Ancestry, New York, Crown, 1978; etc., G.III-12, p. 254, pl. 92; pl. 105, no. 3; p. 261, pl. 100, no. 23; pp. 280, 316;

Wilson, Kenneth M., New England Glass and Glassmaking, Old Sturbridge Village Book, New York, Crowell, 1972, p. 270, fig. 226;

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. 244, no. 310.