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Place of OriginUnited States
Date1835-1845
DimensionsRim L: 3 in. (7.6 cm); Rim W: 2 in. (5.1 cm); H: 1 5/8 in. (4.0 cm)
MediumColorless glass.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth
Object number
1982.170
Not on View
DescriptionPressed upright in a female mold, probably of four vertical sections, with a base plate bearing the pattern of an early steam locomotive and railway car and track, by a plain male plunger.
Published ReferencesWilson, 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. 350, no. 448.
1835-1850; possibly 1870-1890
Salt and Cover
Boston and Sandwich Glass Works
1830-1840
Salt
Boston and Sandwich Glass Works
1827-1835
Probably 1835-1850; possibly 1870-1890
Boston and Sandwich Glass Works
1827-1830
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New England Glass Company
1865-1875
Providence Flint Glass Works
1831-1833
Decanter and Stopper
New England Glass Company
1865-1875
Salt Cellar
Brooklyn Flint Glass Works
1829-1835

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