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Knob

ManufacturerProbably New England Glass Company (American, 1818-1888)

Date1826-1835

DimensionsL: 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.); Max Diam: 5.9 cm (2 5/16 in.); Base Diam: 4.4 cm (1 23/32 in.)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Simmons II

Object number

1991.75

Not on View

DescriptionPressed upright by a bench press in a female mold of two vertical sections that formed the body by a male plunger that formed the exterior surface of the knob above the upper rope border and the square cross-section hole, through which a metal bolt was passed to attach the knob to a bureau drawer or door. Moldmarks extend from opposite corners of the square hole on the base vertically through the bottom rope and side through the upper rope. The square hole is slightly tapered, decreasing from the outer face toward the base. Shear mark on side and part of base. Base ground with a stone wheel.

Published ReferencesHart Alexander, Letitia, "A Glance at Glass Knobs," Antiques, vol. 13, no. 5, May 1928, pp. 393-394.

Hart Alexander, Letitia, "Again, Glass Knobs," Antiques, vol. 15, no. 4, April 1929, pp. 303, 304.

Hart Alexander, Letitia, "Milky and Milk-White Glass: A Summary," Antiques, vol. 28, no. 1, July 1935, pp. 26, 27.

Hamilton Ormsbee, Thomas, "Glass Knobs from Sandwich and Elsewhere," American Collector, vol. 8, no. 4, May 1939, pp. 8-9, 20.

McKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, p. 334, pl. 130, nos. 7, 7B.

McKearin, Helen, "The Case of the Pressed Glass Knobs," Antiques, vol. 60, no. 2, August 1951, pp. 119-120, figs. 3, 4.

Spillman, Jane S., American and European Pressed Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning Museum of Glass Catalog Series, Corning, N.Y., Corning Museum of Glass, 1981, p. 34, no. 40 (same size, probably a slight variant), nos. 37-39 (other, smaller knobs in this pattern or slight variants).

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. 292, no. 325.