Cream Pitcher

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Cream Pitcher

Manufacturer Boston and Sandwich Glass Works (American, 1826-1888)

Place of OriginSandwich, Massachusetts, United States

Date1830-1840

Dimensions4 1/2 × 2 15/16 × 2 1/2 in. (11.4 × 7.5 × 6.3 cm)

Mediumcolorless glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1917.230

Not on View

DescriptionBlown in a mold (McKearin G.V-8) of three vertical sections and a plain base plate. Neck, rim, and spout sheared and tooled to shape. Applied broad, solid semi-ear-shaped handle with medial rib and crimped and upturned lower end. Rough, solid pontil mark. Capacity: one-half pint.

Published ReferencesMcKearin, Helen A., "Three-Mold Glass," Antiques, vol. 6, August 1924, pp. 78-81 (Reprint 1, pp. 60-63), p. 81, fig. 5, next to right.

McKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, "Blown-Three-Mold Glass," Antiques, vol. 56, December 1949, pp. 450-452, fig. 2, right (Reprint 1, pp. 64-66).

McKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, Two Hundred Years of American Blown Glass, Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1950; rev. ed., 1966, p. 206, pl. 43, no. 3.

Wilson, Kenneth M., New England Glass and Glassmaking, Old Sturbridge Village Book, New York, Crowell, 1972, pp. 271-272, fig. 229, left.

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. 226, no. 259.