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Wine glass

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

Date1870-1888

DimensionsH: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm); Rim Diam: 2 3/8 in. (6.0 cm); Base Diam: 2 7/32 in. (5.6 cm)

MediumColorless glass; mold-pressed.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Owens-Illinois Glass Company

Object number

1951.196

Not on View

DescriptionPressed in a female mold of two vertical sections that formed the upper part of the foot, stem, and bowl with a plain base plate that formed the lower part of the foot and its slightly concave underside, by a plain male plunger. Stuck up on a pontil rod to fire-polish the rim and bowl. Pontil mark ground and polished. Bowl cut with six flats.

Exhibition HistorySmithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 1976-77.Comparative ReferencesSee also 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. 534, no. 874.