Masonic Firing Glass

Place of OriginEurope, probably Germany or Bohemia

Date1770-1800

DimensionsH: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm); Rim Diam: 2 3/4 in. (7.0 cm); Base Diam: 2 13/16 in. (7.2 cm)

MediumColorless non-lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

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

Object number

1959.44

Not on View

DescriptionBowl blown and tooled, then drawn down to enclose a hemispherical space. Applied and tooled heavy flat foot, enclosing a hemispherical bubble in stem. Rough pontil mark. Body engraved with copper wheels with various Masonic symbols enclosed by foliate and floral scrolls.

Published ReferencesMcKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, p. 109, repr. pl. 41, no. 2.

Rogers, Millard F., Jr., "American Glass: 1608-1940, " Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 4, no. 3, Summer 1961, pp. 51-70, repr. p. 58.

Rogers, Millard F., Jr., "The Story of American Glass," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 9, no. 3, Autumn 1966, pp. 51-70; rev. and reprinted as a Toledo Museum handbook, repr. p. 55.

Toledo Museum of Art, Art in Glass: A Guide to the Glass Collections, Toledo, Ohio, 1969, repr. p. 88.

Papert, Emma, The Illustrated Guide to American Glass, New York, Hawthorn, 1972, repr. p. 69.

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. 789, no. 1338.