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RARE PAIR OF PRESSED LOOP VASES, brilliant deep sap

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RARE PAIR OF PRESSED LOOP VASES, brilliant deep sapphire blue, each with a plain flared rim and deep conical bowl with lower double step and knop, joined by a wafer to an octagonal baluster-form standard and square base. Probably Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. 1840-1860. 11 1/4" and 11 3/8" high, 4" diameter rims, 3 1/8" square bases.
Reference: McKearin Am. Glass, pl. 197, fig. 1.
Parallels Wilson/Toledo, fig. 697.
Provenance: The Duff & Molly Allen Collection. Richard A. Bourne Co., Inc., 4/30/85, lot #131, $1,300. Ex-coll: Corning Museum of Glass
Note: Plain-rim Loop vases are extremely difficult to locate

One pristine proof, the other with only a minute flake to the top of one base corner and a hint of interior residue

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