PRESSED LACY TOY EWER AND BASIN, strong fiery opalescent, waisted-form ewer with high, thorn handle, six-point star and basket of flowers to each side, raised on a circular foot, basin with rose garland encircling the shoulder, tiny-scallop rim, sunburst to base, and rope table ring. Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. 1835-1850. 3" HOA, 3 1/4" D basin.
Ewer with handle cleanly reattached, otherwise proof, basin with a small V-shape loss to rim, chipping/roughness to a partial fin, and an annealing crack and check off rim, as made.
Literature: Spillman - Corning, p. 146, fig. 474, and color Plate Seven. Parallels Barlow/Kaiser - The Glass Industry in Sandwich, Vol. 3, p. 214, fig. 3316.
Provenance: Collection of the late Alvina Breckel of Oley, PA and Winnetka, IL._x000D_
Kathy Simmons Willaert, 6/14/03._x000D_
Ex-collection of Walter E. Simmons II.

Ewer with handle cleanly reattached, otherwise proof, basin with a small V-shape loss to rim, chipping/roughness to a partial fin, and an annealing crack and check off rim, as made.