Ring Stand or Tazza
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Ring Stand or Tazza
Manufacturer
Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint-Louis
(French, founded 1586)
Date1840-1860
DimensionsH: 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.); Rim Diam: 12.4 cm (4 7/8 in.); Base L: 5.5 cm (2 5/32 in.)
MediumColorless lead glass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth
Object number
1969.152
Not on View
DescriptionBowl pressed upright in a female mold bearing the pattern by a plain male plunger. Joined while hot directly to the applied tooled stem. Foot pressed, probably upside down, in a female mold of two or more sections by a male plunger bearing the pattern on the underside and sides of the foot. Slightly concave, polished pontil mark. Top of foot and edges of bottom of foot ground and polished. Upper and lower edges of scalloped rim ground and polished. Shear mark on interior of bowl.
Published ReferencesRose, James H., "Unrecorded Rarities in American Glass: More Lacy Items," Antiques, vol. 71, February 1957, pp. 160-162 (Reprint 2, pp. 148-150), p. 162, lower left
Innes, Lowell, "Lacy Hairpin in French and American Glass," Antiques, vol. 100, August 1971, pp. 228-232 (Reprint 2, pp. 157-161), p. 228, fig. 2, repr. fig. 3
Innes, Lowell, Pittsburgh Glass, 1791-1891: A History and Guide for Collectors, Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1976, p. 282, fig. 299
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. 802, no. 1364.
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