Part of a Mold for Pressing Glass

Object Name: 
Part of a Mold for Pressing Glass

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Object Name: 
Part of a Mold for Pressing Glass
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, PA, Pittsburgh
Accession Number: 
91.7.1
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 2.9 cm, W: 16.5 cm, D: 11.8 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1832-1836
Credit Line: 
Gift of Leila L. McKnight
Primary Description: 
Brownish-yellow copper alloy, (bronze); cast and tooled. Rectangular plaque with design on one large surface and remaining surfaces plain. The undecorated back of the plaque has two threaded holes which served to attach it to the press; the patterned side has fans in the four corners, "BAKEWELLS & ANDERSON/PITTSBURGH" forming an oval with "MANUFACTURERS OF FLINT GLASS" on a banner inside the oval, above a view of two buildings with a cupola and weathervane on the largest and two tall chimneys on the smaller one.

More Info

Department: 
Science and Technology; Modern
Provenance: 
Bakewell, Benjamin, Former Collection
McKnight, Martha Bakewell, Former Collection
McKnight, Leila L., Former Collection
1991
Color: 
bronze
Technique: 
casting
tooling
Material: 
bronze
Inscription: 
MANUFACTURERS OF FLINT GLASS
Mark
: 
on a banner inside the oval
BAKEWELLS & ANDERSON/PITTSBURGH
Mark
: 
forming an oval

Publications (7)

Artistry and Innovation in Pittsburgh Glass, 1808-1882: From Bakewell & Ensell to Bakewell, Pears & Co. (2004) illustrated, p. 83, above; BIB# 86568
Artistry and Innovation in Pittsburgh Glass, 1808-1882: From Bakewell & Ensell to Bakewell, Pears & Co. (2004) illustrated, p. 83, above; BIB# 86568
Worldly Goods: The Arts of Early Pennsylvania, 1680-1758 (1999) illustrated, p. 204, fig. 217; BIB# 63483
Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass: Checklist of the Exhibition (1999) illustrated, p. 42; BIB# 63967
Recent Important Acquisitions, 34 (1992) illustrated, pp. 136-137, #26; BIB# AI30154
Recent Gifts Enrich Collection (1991) illustrated
Title Unknown (GCB #164) (1991) cover, p. 16;