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Goblet

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

Place of OriginUnited States

Date1855-1865

DimensionsH: 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm); Rim Diam: 3 7/16 in. (8.75 cm); Base Diam: 3 1/4 in. (8.25 cm)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Granville Price

Object number

1990.61

Not on View

DescriptionEntire goblet pressed upright in a female mold of three vertical sections bearing the Comet pattern, in conjunction with a male plug at the base that formed a hollow cylinder at the lower end of the stem, from which the foot was formed by the Magoun and Sweeney patent methods (see also 1990.66), with a cap ring that formed the plain area above the pattern, by a plain male plunger. The moldmarks are partly obliterated on the upper surface of the foot, then rise vertically to the left side of the Comet eyes, then follow the outline, then rise vertically to the lower edge of the cap ring. Polished pontil mark.

Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Webb, Early American Pressed Glass, Wellesley Hills, MA, author, 1960, p. 147, pl. 48, bottom left; pl. 49, no. 3.

McKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, pp. 395, 400, 401.

Innes, Lowell, Pittsburgh Glass, 1791-1891: A History and Guide for Collectors, Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1976, pp. 50, 311, 335 (M'Kee).

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. 260, no. 1035.

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. 467, no. 753.