Bowl

Manufacturer Redwood Glass Works (American, 1833-1877 or later)

Place of OriginRedwood, New York

Date1833-1850

DimensionsH: 18.8 cm (7 13/32 in.); Rim Diam: 37.5 cm (14 3/4 in.); Base Diam: 14.0 cm (5 1/2 in.)

MediumAquamarine non-lead glass. Blown, applied, and tooled decoration

ClassificationGlass

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1959.75

Not on View

DescriptionApplied Type III lily pad decoration. Outward-folded rim. Applied foot, crimped. Large, rough, open pontil mark.

Label TextOne of the most visually satisfying—and enigmatic— types of early American decorated glass, “lily pad” vessels were blown of unrefined window or bottle glass. The design got its nickname because the applied outer layer of glass has been tooled and shaped into irregular peaks finished with a blob or pad of glass resembling the water plants. For this bowl, the glassblower crimped the foot, thereby reinforcing the sense of movement created by the lily pads. The tooled “tentacles” of glass extend nearly to the rim, and when viewed from the top, form an especially dynamic design.Published ReferencesMcKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, p. 174, repr. pl. 64, no. 1.

McKearin, George S., "American Glass: Stiegel to Steuben," Art in America, vol. 44, Spring 1956, p. 48, repr. fig. 4.

Otto Wittmann, "New Accessions," Toledo Museum News, vol. 3, no. 3, Summer 1960, repr. p. 66.

Rogers, Millard F., Jr., "American Glass [TMA's purchase from McKearin collection]," Antiques, vol. 78, October 1960, pp. 364, 370, p. 364, repr. p. 370.

Rogers, Millard F., Jr., "American Glass: 1608-1940, " Toledo Museum News, vol. 4, no. 3, Summer 1961, pp. 51-70, repr. p. 63;

Rogers, Millard F., Jr., "The Story of American Glass," Toledo Museum News, vol. 9, no. 3, Autumn 1966, pp. 51-70; rev. and reprinted as a Toledo Museum handbook, repr. p. 58;

The Toledo Museum of Art, Art in Glass: A Guide to the Glass Collections, Toledo, Ohio, 1969, repr. p. 91;

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. 145, no. 131, colorpl. 131, p. 84.

Page, Jutta-Annette, The Art of Glass: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Museum of Art, 2006, p. 147-148, repr. (col.) fig. 62A, p. 147.