Pair of Vases

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

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

Date1850-1865

DimensionsH (with marble base): 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm); H (without marble base): 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm); Rim W: 3 3/4 in. (9.4 cm); Base W: 2 3/4 in. (6.9 cm)

MediumSapphire-blue lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1964.105A-B

Not on View

DescriptionPressed in the same manner and in the same type of mold as 1964.40 and perhaps in the same mold as 1965.158 modified to omit the bottom step. Mounted on a marble base.

Published ReferencesMcKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, p. 390, pl. 199, no. 24.

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. 459, no. 731.

Exhibition HistoryThe Toledo Museum of Art, Treasures for Toledo, December 1964-January 1965.