PRESSED FOUR-PRINTIE BLOCK PAIR OF TULIP VASES, Canary (reacts under black light), each having a deep octagonal bowl with a flared eight-petal rim, raised on a heavy hexagonal knop and flared foot, factory polished under base to level, wafer construction. Possibly Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. 1840-1860. 10 3/8" H, 4 7/8" DOA rim, 5 1/4" DOA bases.
Literature: Parallels Barlow/Kaiser -
The Glass Industry in Sandwich, Vol. 3, p. 64, fig. 3038.
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
One proof; other virtually proof with a single flake to the underside of one base point. Each having some light mold roughness to the underside of the base, as made.