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Toy Bowl

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

Date1835-1855

DimensionsRim L: 7.6 cm (3 in.); Rim W: 5.2 cm (2 1/16); Base L: 4.0 cm (1 19/32 in.); Base W: 2.0 cm (25/32 in.)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1972.52

Not on View

DescriptionPressed, probably upright, in a one-piece female mold bearing the pattern by a plain male plunger, with a cap ring that formed the rim. Plain rounded foot ring. Shear mark barely evident on plain upper surface.

Published ReferencesCrane, Priscilla C., "The Boston and Sandwich Glass Company," Antiques, vol. 7, April 1925, pp. 183-190 (Reprint 2, pp. 29-36), p. 186, fig. 8, center front

Wilson, Kenneth M., New England Glass and Glassmaking, Old Sturbridge Village Book, New York, Crowell, 1972, p. 291, fig. 245

Spillman, Jane S., American and European Pressed Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning Museum of Glass Catalog Series, Corning, NY, Corning Museum of Glass, 1981, p. 163, nos. 592

The Elsholz Collection of Early American Glass, 3 vols., Hyannis, MA, Richard A. Bourne, 1987, vol. 1, no. 485 (pale amethyst)

The Elsholz Collection of Early American Glass, 3 vols., Hyannis, MA, Richard A. Bourne, 1987, vol. 2, no. 1180

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. 360, no. 474.