Pair of Compote

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Pair of Compote

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

DateProbably 1840-1850, possibly 1860-1865

DimensionsRim Diam: 6 13/32 in. (16.3 cm); Base Diam: 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm); H: 3 31/32 in. (10.1 cm)

MediumDull colorless lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1967.43A-B

Not on View

DescriptionBowl pressed upright, probably in a one-piece female mold bearing the pattern, by a plain male plunger. Shear mark on plain interior surface. Joined by a wafer to the base. Base pressed upside down in a plain two-piece female mold that formed the exterior by a male plunger bearing the pattern of beads and ribs on the underside of the base that formed the plain hollow stem.

Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Webb, Sandwich Glass: The History of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, 7th ed., Northboro, MA, author, 1947, pl. 148, top left (same base, different bowl).

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. 417, no. 622.