Sweeney Cut Glass Broad Fluted Vase

Wheeling, West Virginia, ca. 1855.

Leaded glass

Condition: Excellent, customary wear on base.

Literature: Documented examples in Cut and Engraved Glass 1771-1905): Collector’s Guide to American Wares, by Dorothey Daniel. plates 61 and 62. William Morrow and Company, N.Y.

See the famous Sweeney Punch Bowl, made in 1844 for comparison at the Oglebay Institute in Wheeling, West Virginia.

Provenance: Private Collection, Greenwich, Connecticut.