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Goblet

Manufacturer Portland Glass Company (American, 1863-1873)

Date1867-1873

DimensionsH: 6 25/32 in. (17.3 cm); Rim Diam: 3 3/32 in. (7.95 cm); Base Diam: 3 in. (7.6 cm)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Granville Price

Object number

1990.65

Not on View

DescriptionPressed upright in a female mold of three vertical sections bearing the so-called tree-of-life pattern, with a base plate that formed the conical underside of the foot and its edge, with a cap ring that formed the rim and plain cylinder below it, by a plain male plunger. The three moldmarks extend from the upper edge of the foot in meandering vines to the cap ring. No pontil mark.

Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Webb, Early American Pressed Glass, Wellesley Hills, MA, author, 1960, p. 660, pl. 52, bottom left (6-in. plate).

Lee, Ruth Webb, "The Tree of Life and Its Sundry Fruits," Antiques, vol. 26, October 1934, pp. 141-143.

Wilson, Kenneth M., New England Glass and Glassmaking, Old Sturbridge Village Book, New York, Crowell, 1972, p. 321, fig. 265 (goblet with engraved initial on body).

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. 268, no. 1067 (toothpick holder or eggcup).

Bredehoft, Neila M. et al., "Identifying Hobbs Tree of Life," The Glass Club Bulletin of the National Early American Glass Club, no. 167, Spring-Summer 1992, pp. 13-16;

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. 495, no. 820.