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Ice Tub

Manufacturer J. Hoare and Company (American, 1868-1921)

Date1910-1916

DimensionsH: 15.9 cm (6 1/4 in.); Rim Diam: 24.1 cm (9 1/2 in.); Base Diam: 13.7 cm (5 3/8 in.)

MediumThick colorless lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. A. Michael Frothingham

Object number

1989.21

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DescriptionBlank blown and finished by tooling. Rim is cut into six large scallops and notched. Cut with the Comet pattern: four repetitions of a pattern of ten long and three short wheat stalks that curve diagonally to the right, with twenty-four-pointed hob stars above and below the stalks. Underside of base cut with a deep, thirty-pointed hob star around a twenty-four-pointed rosette center.

Label TextThe spectacular appearance of Halley’s Comet in April and May 1910 inspired a rash of comet-related memorabilia, from greeting cards to jewelry to popular songs. In addition, a number of glass firms, including Corning’s John Hoare & Company, designed comet patterns for their cut glass lines.Published ReferencesPearson, J. Michael and Dorothy T. Pearson, A Study of American Cut Glass Collections, Miami Beach, Fla., authors, 1969, pl. 138, bottom left (tumbler in Comet pattern).

Pearson, J. Michael, Encyclopedia of American Cut and Engraved Glass, 1880-1917, 3 vols., vol 1, Geometric Conceptions; vol. 2, Realistic Patterns; vol. 3, Geometric Motifs, Miami Beach, Fla., author, 1975, 1977, 1978, vol. 1, pp. 130-131 (7 3/4-in. Comet ice tub and carafe signed by Hoare).

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. 664, no. 1062.