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EARLY THUMBPRINT / ARGUS SPHERICAL COVERED COMPOTE

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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. Richard A. Bourne Co., Inc., 12/27/91, lot #106, $154

Base rim with the partial loss of one scallop along with an interior chip, light roughness and usage wear, the cover inner flange is without damage but the outer rim points have moderate to severe chipping and roughness

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