Vase
Vase
Place of OriginUnited States, probably the Midwest; possibly England
Date1850-1880
DimensionsH: 10 11/32 in. (26.3 cm); Rim Diam: 6 3/16 in. (15.7 cm); Base Diam: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)
MediumColorless glass.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth
Object number
1972.37
Not on View
DescriptionBowl blown in a full-size mold patterned with eight heavy vertical pillar ribs, each terminating in a scallop at the rim. Joined by a solid tooled baluster stem to a heavy, slightly domed, circular foot. Polished pontil mark.
Published ReferencesInnes, Lowell, Early Glass of the Pittsburgh District, 1797-1900, exh. cat., Carnegie Institute Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, 1949, p. 42, center ill., third from left.
Innes, Lowell, Pittsburgh Glass, 1791-1891: A History and Guide for Collectors, Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1976, pp. 193-197, fig. 180, no. 3; pp. 184, 187.
McKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, p. 157, pl. 53, no. 6.
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. 196, no. 186.
1845-1860
1830-1860
1760-1790
1870
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