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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

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Manufacturer Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. (American, 1826-1888)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1850
MediumPressed glass
DimensionsOverall: 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
Overall, Rim: 8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm)
Base: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.7247
On View
Not on view
DescriptionColorless, pressed, 18 panel bowl with scalloped rim, radial intaglio ribbed bottom attached by wafer to round, hollow loop (7) foot topped by solid hexagonal knob.

New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
ca. 1850
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
ca. 1840-1850
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2012.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
1845-55
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
1850-1860
Photographed by Scott Wolff.  Scanned from a slide.  Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
ca. 1845-1870
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
ca. 1850
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
ca. 1840-1850
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
ca. 1840-1850
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
1860-1870
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
ca. 1850-1860
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
1850-1860