Vase

Place of OriginUnited States, probably New England

Date1840-1855

DimensionsH: 24.2 cm (9 17/32 in.); Rim Diam: 11.5 cm (4 17/32 in.); Base Diam: 11.2 cm (4 13/32 in.)

MediumAmethyst lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Owens-Illinois Glass Company

Object number

1951.197

Not on View

DescriptionBowl blown and finished by tooling. Joined by a solid baluster stem, which was tooled to form a bladed knop where it joins the bowl, to an almost flat circular foot. Polished pontil mark.

Published References"The Editor's Attic," Antiques, vol. 6, no. 5, November 1924, frontis., p. 243 (similar pair made in 1845).

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. 190, no. 169, colorpl. 169, p. 154.