Footed Cream Pitcher

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Footed Cream Pitcher

Place of Originprobably Southern New Jersey, United States

Date1830-1860

Dimensions5 3/16 × 3 1/2 × 2 7/8 in. (13.2 × 8.9 × 7.3 cm)

Mediumnon-lead glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1917.224

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DescriptionPale greenish non-lead glass with red trailings. Blown and tooled to shape. Applied opaque red trailings pulled up to create an irregular loop pattern, then overlaid with the same greenish glass. Applied solid handle turned up at lower end with tooled indentation. Applied circular foot, slightly concave on underside. Rough, open pontil mark.

Published ReferencesMcKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, p. 47, no. 4; pl. 21, no. 4; pl. 65, no. 3 (type and form).

Wilson, Kenneth M., American Glass, 1760-1930: The Toledo Museum of Art, New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, [Lanham, Md.]: National Book Network [distributor], c1994; 2 v. (879 p.): ill. (some col.); 32 cm., 1994, p. 147, no. 138.