Furniture Knob
Manufacturer
Bakewell, Pears, & Co.
(American, 1808-1882)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1825-1835
MediumPressed glass | Flint glass | Metal
DimensionsOverall: 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm)
Base: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm)
Base: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
InscribedBakewell's Patent mark on square base is illegible, but is legible on example from same mold: 86.367.
Credit LineGift of Gary E. Baker in honor of Miss Liza Nicholson
Object number86.368
Not on view
DescriptionFurniture knob of pressed colorless flint glass. Mushroom shape with a central hole for a metal pin. Top-eight bull's eyes on a diamond field with rope border. Neck-five rings. One large flake on base collar. Period metal pin possibly original to knob.Published ReferencesKenneth M. Wilson, WINTHERTHUR CONFERENCE REPORT 1973, pp. 166-203. Innes, PITTSBURGH GLASS, pp. 41-42. McKearin in ANTIQUES, Aug. 1951, pp. 118-120.
Bakewell, Pears, & Co.
Bakewell, Pears, & Co.
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