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

Pressed Glass Vase

ManufacturerAttributed to Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. (American, 1826-1888)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1850-1860

MediumPressed glass

DimensionsOverall: 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm)
Overall, Rim: 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)
Base: 4 1/16 in. (10.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.4462

Not on view

DescriptionVase of amethyst glass. Loop pattern with a hexagonally scalloped rim (not gauffered). Attached by wafer to a hexagonal baluster stem and a round foot.

Published ReferencesMcKearin, AMERICAN GLASS, pl. 199, #19 but without the gauffered rim. Hugh Tait, ed., FIVE THOUSAND YEARS OF GLASS, (London: British Museum Press, 1991), p. 199, ill. no. 252 (color).