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

Covered Sugar Bowl

Manufacturer Libbey Glass Co. (American, 1888-)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1850

MediumGlass

DimensionsOverall: 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm)
Overall, Rim: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.3690

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DescriptionCovered sugar bowl. SUGAR BOWL: Fiery opalescent Ashburton pattern sugar bowl. Heavy. Crude. COVER: Matching cover. High octagonal knob. Less opaque than bowl.

Published ReferencesCORNING JOURNAL OF GLASS STUDIES XII, 1970. Lura Woodside Watkins, PRESSED GLASS OF THE NEW ENGLAND GLASS COMPANY, pg. 157-159, Fig. 9, pl. 17. TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART CATALOGUE, pg. 75, No. 214 and pg. 58. 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN FURNITURE AND OTHER DECORATIVE ARTS, Metropolitan Catalogue, 1970, No. 189.