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Pair of Vases

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

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

Date1850-1865

DimensionsH: 10 3/16 in. (25.9 cm); Rim W: 5 1/2 in. (14.0 cm); Base W: 4 11/16 in. (11.9 cm)

MediumDeep transparent blue lead glass with opaque white striations.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1968.43A-B

Not on View

DescriptionOctagonal bowl pressed upright, probably in a one-piece female mold, by a plain male plunger. Joined by a wafer to a flaring octagonal base. Base pressed upside down, probably in a one-piece female mold, by a plain male plunger of tapered cylindrical shape with a short cylindrical shoulder that formed the hollow interior, with a cap ring that formed the underside of the perimeter of the base and slightly beveled edge. Rim reheated and tooled to expand the tulip lip. Slight pontil mark around edge of base.

Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Webb, Sandwich Glass: The History of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, 7th ed., Northboro, MA, author, 1947, p. 481, pl. 198, second from left; pl. 201, left.

McKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, pp. 383-384, 391, pl. 201, no. 40.

Rose, James H., The Story of American Pressed Glass of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850, exh. cat., Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, 1954, p. 92, nos. 253, 255, 257.

Rose, James H., "Unrecorded Rarities in American Glass: More Lacy Items," Antiques, vol. 71, February 1957, pp. 160-162, (Reprint 2, pp. 148-150), repr. p. 160.

Winchester, Alice, "Antiques," Antiques, vol. 100, July 1971, repr. p. 83, color frontis.

Keefe, John W., "A Comparison of the Products of the New England and the Boston and Sandwich Glass Companies," pt. 1, The Glass Club Bulletin of the National Early American Glass Club, nos. 96-97, December 1970-March 1971, pp. 3-12; pt. 2, The Glass Club Bulletin of the National Early American Glass Club, no. 98, August 1971, pp. 3-7, repr. p. 9, fig. 12.

Keefe, John W., "American Lacy and Pressed Glass in the Toledo Museum of Art," Antiques, vol. 100, July 1971, pp. 104-109 (Reprint 2, pp. 151-156), repr. p. 108, fig. 4.

Spillman, Jane S., American and European Pressed Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning Museum of Glass Catalog Series, Corning, NY, Corning Museum of Glass, 1981, p. 219, no. 844, pl. 11.

Spillman, Jane Shadel, Glass Tableware, Bowls, and Vases, New York, Knopf, 1982, no. 336, left.

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. 456, no. 723, colorpl. 723, p. 260.