Pattern Name:MAGNET AND GRAPE

Pattern Motif:Plants

Glass Type:Flint

Decoration:Frosted

Manufacturer:Adams & Company in Pittsburg

Era:1870s

Description:50 Favorites - 12 Ruth Webb Lee chose a MAGNET AND GRAPE footed jug illustrations as the frontispiece for her book, Early American Pressed Glass. This jug, which qualifies as one of the most spectacular pattern glass items known, measures 20 1/2 inches in height and features a metal spigot and a gilded “TRY ME” inscription. After cleaning, it was discovered the jug’s spigot bore a patent date of March 25, 1869 (Glass Club Bulletin, October 1946). Lee attributed MAGNET AND GRAPE to Sandwich on the basis of excavated fragments. When she noticed a later, non-lead version pressed with stippled leaves that did not require frosting, she assigned this variant to Sandwich on the basis of its similarity to the earlier pattern though it is now attributed to Adams & Company of Pittsburgh. Jane Shadel Spillman reprints an illustration of the stippled-variant goblet from an 1871-1872 Adams trade catalog, where it was identified as the “Keystone” pattern (Glass Club Bulletin, Winter 1990-91). (50 Favorites catalogue) Reproductions are known. Rare. U1, p.229; M1, p.6, p. 78