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ManufacturerAttributed to Mantua Glass Works (American, 1821-1829)

Date1822-1829

DimensionsH: 8.7 cm (3 7/16 in.); Rim Diam: 24.0 cm (9 7/16 in.)

MediumAquamarine non-lead glass; mold blown, tooled

ClassificationGlass

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1972.2

Not on View

DescriptionBlown and patterned in a dip mold with 16 vertical ribs. Removed and then twisted to the right. Blown, expanded, and tooled to shape. The ribs extend onto the base and terminate about 3.0 cm (1 3/16 in.) from the center. Rim folded outward. Rough pontil mark.

Published ReferencesWhite, Harry Hall, "The Story of the Mantua Glass Works," Antiques, pt. 1, vol. 26, December 1934, pp. 212-216; pt. 2, February 1935, pp. 64-68 (16-rib mold); pt. 3, July 1935, pp. 30-33; pt. 4, November 1935, pp. 199-203 (Reprint 1, pp. 195-213).

McKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, pp. 227-228, pl. 79, no. 5.

McKearin, Helen A., and Kenneth M. Wilson, American Bottles and Flasks and Their Ancestry, New York, Crown, 1978, pp. 127-128, 346.

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. 151, no. 149, colorpl. 149, p. 88.