Bowl

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

Date1829-1830

DimensionsRim Diam: 6 1/16 in. (15.4 cm); H: 1 17/32 in. (3.9 cm)

MediumThick (0.6 cm [1/4 in.]) colorless glass with a grayish tinge.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1966.75

Not on View

DescriptionPressed upside down over a plain male mold that also formed the scalloped rim by a female plunger bearing a variant of the pattern on 1966.84. The upper part of the side curves gently downward, meeting at a slight ridge with a reverse curve that joins the smooth, flat interior of the bottom. No foot ring. Shear mark on patterned underside of base. Small fin projects from underside of rim.

Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Webb, Sandwich Glass: The History of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, 7th ed., Northboro, Mass., author, 1947, p. 324, pl. 105, bottom right (6-in. plate in same pattern).

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. 305, no. 348.