Bowl or Pan

Manufacturer Aalborg Glasvaerks (Danish)

Date1880-1910

DimensionsH: 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm); Rim Diam: 5 25/32 in. (14.7 cm); Base Diam: 3 15/32 in. (8.8 cm)

MediumColorless non-lead glass; blown in a cylindrical two-piece metal turn, or paste, mold to establish the initial size and sharp definition of the base, then tooled to final shape. Rim of transparent blue glass applied and folded outward.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1971.59

Not on View

DescriptionRough, solid pontil mark in the slightly concave base.

Published ReferencesLarsen, Alfred, Dansk Glas, 1825-1925, Copenhagen, Nyt Nordisk, 1963, pp. 272-273, fig. 342 (two bowls of colorless glass with blue rims of the same form and size), fig. 343 (two bowls of colored glass of the same form and size).

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. 786, no. 1333.