PRESSED BIGLER VASE, brilliant deep amethyst, deep conical bowl with a gauffered 10-petal rim, raised on a double-knop stem, octagonal baluster-form standard, and square foot, wafer construction. Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. and/or Mt. Washington Glass Works. 1840-1860. 11 1/2" H, 4 1/2" DOA rim, 3 1/8" SQ base.
Literature: Parallels Barlow/Kaiser -
The Glass Industry in Sandwich, Vol. 3, p. 60, fig. 3030; and Kaiser -
The Glass Industry in South Boston, p. 162, fig. 221.
Provenance: Glass deaccessioned by Bennington Museum, Bennington, VT. All proceeds will go toward the museum's Collections Acquisition Fund.
Ex-collection of Channing Hare.
Condition
Proof. Having some light mold roughness to the base edge and underside of the base, as made.