Footed Pitcher

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Footed Pitcher

ManufacturerPROBABLY Redford Crown Glass Works (American, 1830-1851)

Place of OriginProbably Redford, New York

Date1831-1850

DimensionsH 22.0 cm (8 21/32 in.); D rim 12.0 cm (4 23/32 in.); D base 10.1 cm (3 31/32 in.)

MediumAquamarine, non-lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1948.52

Not on View

DescriptionBlown and tooled to shape. Six applied Type II lily pads. Applied thread around neck. Applied solid upturned ear-shaped handle with upturned lower end with two curved crimps above end. Applied solid sloping foot. Rough, open pontil mark with circular black iron oxide deposit.

Published ReferencesLabino, Dominick, Visual Art in Glass, Dubuque, Iowa, W. C. Brown, 1968, p. 73, repr. fig. 55.

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. 143, no. 125.