Plate

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

Date1835-1845

DimensionsRim Diam: 6 1/32 in. (15.3 cm); Base Diam: 3 19/32 in. (9.0 cm)

MediumColorless dull glass with a yellowish tinge.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1966.77

Not on View

DescriptionPressed, probably upright, in a one-piece female mold bearing the pattern by a plain male plunger. Rope foot ring. Very slight evidence of a shear mark on the plain interior surface.

Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Webb, Sandwich Glass: The History of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, 7th ed., Northboro, MA, author, 1947, p. 335, pl. 113, bottom right.

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. 420, no. 632.

Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Early American Pressed Glass, January 28-March 6, 1966 (no catalog).