Vase

Place of OriginProbably Germany or Bohemia

Date1885-1900

DimensionsH: 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm); Rim Diam: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); Base Diam: 3 3/32 in. (7.85 cm)

MediumAmberina-type non-lead glass; body blown and optic-molded with sixteen vertical ribs.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Owens-Illinois Glass Company

Object number

1951.199

Not on View

DescriptionGather of greenish-amber glass applied to base and drawn up the sides to form five leaf prunts impressed with veins. A second gather applied to base and tooled into seven feet, each impressed by pincers with ribs above and below. Applied band of light greenish amber glass to form lip, drawn and pincered into nine ribbed scallops. Cracked off; upper surface of rim ground and polished. Rim is light rose-red color. No pontil mark.

Published ReferencesKeefe, 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, p. 7, repr. fig. 27.

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. 795, no. 1350.