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Vase

Place of OriginNew England

Date1855-1865

DimensionsH: 9 1/16 in. (23.0 cm); Rim W: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm); Base W: 4 11/32 in. (11.0 cm)

MediumCanary-yellow lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1966.16A

Not on View

DescriptionEntire piece pressed upright in a female mold of three vertical sections, each section bearing two vertical rows of the block-and-printie pattern, by a plain male plunger that formed the hollow interior of the bowl, in conjunction with a plain male plunger, or plug, that formed the hollow interior of the base. The moldmarks extend from the underside of the foot to the rim. Rim reheated, tooled, and crimped to form the gauffered rim. No pontil mark. Underside of base ground and polished.

Published ReferencesWilson, 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. 461, no. 737.Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Early American Pressed Glass, January 28-March 6, 1966 (no catalog).