Photograph by Shannon Ruff, Canon EOS Mark II D digital slr-2006.

Covered Sugar Bowl

Manufacturer Libbey Glass Co. (American, 1888-)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1850

MediumGlass

DimensionsOverall: 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm)
Overall, Rim: 4 9/16 in. (11.6 cm)
Base: 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Florence L. Smith

Object number52.18.7A

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-3, Case 19

DescriptionCovered sugar bowl decorated with a canary (gold) Ashburton pattern. No mold marks. Fire polished. Cover has a squat octagonal solid finial. Polished pontil. Crack at top under finial. See also 59.17.GAM-same in fiery opalescent. No mold marks.

Published ReferencesNEW ENGLAND GLASS CO., Toledo Museum of Art Catalogue. L. W. Watkins, "Pressed Glass of the New England Glass Company," CORNING JOURNAL OF GLASS STUDIES, Vol. Xii, 1970, pp. 157-159, Fig. 9, pl. 17.