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Inkstand

Place of OriginNew England

Date1790-1830

DimensionsRim Diam: 1 31/32 in. (5.0 cm); Base Diam: 2 7/32 in. (5.6 cm); H: 1 21/32 in. (4.2 cm)

MediumLight olive-amber, non-lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1971.97

Not on View

DescriptionBlow and patterned in a dip mold with thirty-six vertical ribs. Removed and twisted to the left. Blown, expanded and top and opening finished by tooling. Ribs extend to center, or near center, of base, where they are obliterated by a rough pontil mark.

Published ReferencesCharles B. Gardner, "Connecticut Glass," Antiques, vol. 28, September 1935, p. 101, fig. 1, lower right (Reprint 1, p. 144) (inkstand like this but ribs swirled to right).

McKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, pl. 75, nos. 6, 11, 12 (other forms of Pitkin-style inkstands).

White, Harry Hall, "More Light on Coventry and Its Products," pt. 3, "Miscellaneous Products," Antiques, vol. 39, February 1941, pp. 79-82 (Reprint 1, pp. 153-156), p. 80, fig. 5 (two variations of this inkstand and fragments excavated at Coventry, Conn.).

Wilson, Kenneth M., New England Glass and Glassmaking, Old Sturbridge Village Book, New York, Crowell, 1972, fig. 54 (inkstand of the same form with broken-swirl ribs to the right, attributed to the Keene [Marlboro Street] Glass Works, Keene, N.H.), and fig. 101 (fragments of Pitkin-style inkstands excavated from the site of the Glastenbury Glassmanufactory [Glass Factory Company], South Glastenbury, Conn.).

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. 139, no. 115.