PRESSED LOOP / LEAF DIMINUTIVE VASE, medium teal, small size with deep conical bowl with a gauffered seven-petal rim and two-step base, raised on a ring-top octagonal baluster-form standard and square base with wafer construction. Probably Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. 1840-1860. 9" H, 3 5/8" D rim, 2 5/8" SQ base.
Literature: Parallels Barlow/Kaiser - The Glass Industry in Sandwich, Vol. 3, p. 59, fig. 3029a; Wilson - American Glass, Vol. I, p. 446, fig. 696.
Catalogue Note: Small-sized Loop vases are extremely rare. When Wilson published the Toledo Museum collection, he noted that no other examples of this size had been recorded.
Provenance:
From the important 40-year collection of James Carusello, Waterbury, CT.
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates, 5/20/2020, lot 1493 (retains auction label).
Ex-collection of the late Alexander Hierholzer (Holt) and Harry Saunders, Philadelphia, PA.
Very good overall condition with post-production polishing to the base edge.

























