PRESSED FOUR-PRINTIE BLOCK VASE, brilliant deep amethyst, conical bowl with a gauffered six-petal rim and hexagonal-knop extension, raised on a hexagonal base featuring a compressed knop and flared foot, wafer construction. Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. 1840-1860. 11 3/4" H, 4 1/2" D rim, 5 1/4" DOA.
Literature: Barlow/Kaiser -
The Glass Industry in Sandwich, Vol. 3, p. 63, fig. 3037a.
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
Undamaged with some light interior residue. Having some minute mold roughness to the top of the foot, as made.