Toy Tureen, Cover, and Tray

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Toy Tureen, Cover, and Tray

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

Date1835-1850

DimensionsH (with cover): 5.6 cm (2 7/32 in.); H (without cover): 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.); Rim W (tureen): 4.5 cm (1 25/32 in.); Max L (tureen): 7.6 cm (3 in.); L (tray): 6.7 cm (2 5/8 in.)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1972.87

Not on View

DescriptionTureen: pressed upright in a female mold of two vertical sections bearing the pattern for the sides, with a base plate bearing the pattern for the underside of the base consisting of a stylized six-pointed star surrounded by four circles, each enclosing a dot, and two flowers, all enclosed by a rope, by a plain male plunger. Plain flat foot ring. Shear mark on upper surface of base. Cover: pressed upside down in a plain, one-piece female mold by a male plunger bearing the pattern, which is on the underside of the cover. Tray: pressed, apparently upside down, over a plain male mold by a female plunger bearing the pattern of two split hearts with fans between points on a stippled background enclosed by a rope foot ring. Plain rim with scalloped edge.

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, left

Lee, Ruth Web, Sandwich Glass: The History of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, 7th ed., Northboro, MA, author, 1947, pp. 273-274, pl. 80, center, bottom

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. 147, no. 486

The Elsholz Collection of Early American Glass, 3 vols., Hyannis, MA, Richard A. Bourne, 1987, vol. 1, no. 466

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. 475.