Saucedish

Place of OriginUnited States, probably New England

Date1835-1850

DimensionsRim Diam: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm); Base Diam: 2 5/16 in. (6.0 cm); H: 2 3/8 in. (6.1 cm)

MediumLight blue transparent lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1967.49

Not on View

DescriptionPressed upside down over a plain male mold by a female plunger bearing the pattern. Foot ring of triangular cross section. Shear mark on patterned underside of base.

Published ReferencesKeefe, John W., "American Lacy and Pressed Glass in the Toledo Museum of Art," Antiques, vol. 100, July 1971, pp. 104-109 (Reprint 2, pp. 151-156), p. 105, repr. fig. 3.

Spillman, Jane S., American and European Pressed Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning Museum of Glass Catalog Series, Corning, NY, Corning Museum of Glass, 1981, p. 84, no. 220.

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. 406, no. 591.