May 17, 2024 - May 27, 2024
EARLY THUMBPRINT / ARGUS (OMN) SPHERICAL COVERED BOWL ON HIGH FOOT / COVERED COMPOTE, colorless lead glass, bowl featuring a 32-scallop rim above seven rows of thumbprints, raised on a 12-flute double-step hollow standard and a 24-scallop circular foot with a single row of 24 thumbprints underneath, wafer construction. Bakewell, Pears & Co., Pittsburgh, PA. Third quarter 19th century. 18 1/2" HOA, 12" H rim, 10" D rim, 6 7/8" D foot.
Literature: Spillman - Corning, p. 250, fig. 983; the McKearins - American Glass, pl. 213, fig. 7; Innes - Pittsburgh Glass, p. 339, pl. 360; and Palmer - Artistry and Innovation, p. 186, cat. 103.
Catalogue Note: This compote represents one of the most important and iconic specimens of Early American pressed pattern glass. Examples in various sizes reside in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Corning Museum of Glass. The complete set was illustrated and cataloged together for the first time in our 9/30/06 catalog of the Harry Hoffman collection.
Very good condition overall with the cover having some shallow losses to the flange, and a chip to the flange; but the cover secures strongly, additional normal chipping around the edge and edge points; base having a small chip and a bruise to the top of the rim; having a couple of sliver chips and flakes to the body; a small area of high-point roughness to the pattern. Base having three moderate to sizeable burst bubbles around the edge of the foot resulting in chipping, all as made.
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