EARLY THUMBPRINT / ARGUS SPHERICAL COVERED COMPOTE

EARLY THUMBPRINT / ARGUS SPHERICAL COVERED COMPOTE, colorless, bowl featuring a 32-scallop rim above seven rows of thumbprints, joined by a wafer to a 12-flute double-step hollow standard and a 24-scallop circular foot with a single row of 24 thumbprints underneath, cover with a corresponding number of rim points and rows of thumbprints, surmounted by an eight-lobe finial. Bakewell, Pears & Co . 1850-1870. 14 1/2" high overall, 9 1/2" high base, 8" diameter rim, 5 1/2" diameter foot .
Reference: Spillman, fig. 983.
McKearin Am. Glass, pl. 213, fig. 7.
Innes, p. 339, pl. 360.
Frick/Pittsburgh, cat. 103.
Provenance: The Duff & Molly Allen Collection
Note: An important and iconic specimen 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

Near proof, the base is undamaged with just a hint of interior wear, the cover inner flange is also without damage, only four of the outer rim points have a chip, and several others have a minor flake