Cream Pitcher

Manufacturer New England Glass Company American, 1818-1888

Manufacturer W. L. Libbey and Son Props., New England Glass Works American, 1888-1892

Date1886-1893

DimensionsH: 2 3/4 in. (7.0 cm); Rim Diam: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); Base Diam: 3 13/16 in. (9.65 cm); Max Body W: 4 5/8 in. (11.75 cm)

MediumPomona glass; blown and ball-optic-molded, then finished by tooling. Applied handle.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Owens-Illinois Glass Company

Object number

1951.206

Not on View

Published ReferencesRevi, Albert Christian, Nineteenth-Century Glass: Its Genesis and Development, rev. ed., New York Toronto, Nelson, 1967, p. 61, right (similar form, different floral decoration).

Fairfield, William E., Fire & Sand...the History of the Libbey-Owens Sheet Glass Company, vol. 1, Cleveland, Ohio, Lezius-Hiles, 1960, repr. p. 12, right.

The Toledo Museum of Art, Art in Glass: A Guide to the Glass Collections, Toledo, Ohio, 1969, repr. p. 112.

Fauster, Carl U., Libbey Glass Since 1818, Toledo, Ohio, Len Beach Press, 1979, p. 196, no. 209; repr. p. 225, fig. 2, left.

Roger Dodsworth, in Klein, Dan and Ward Lloyd, eds., The History of Glass, London, Orbis, 1984, repr. p. 195, top.

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, 1994, p. 617, no. 996.

Exhibition HistoryThe Toledo Museum of Art, Art in Crystal: A Historical Exhibition of Libbey Glass, exh. brochure, Toledo, Ohio, 1951, n.p. (8), repr. p. 3.

The Toledo Museum of Art, The New England Glass Company, 1818-1888, exh. cat., Toledo, Ohio, 1963, p. 79, no. 265.

The Toledo Museum of Art, Libbey Glass: A Tradition of 150 Years, 1818-1968, exh. cat., Toledo, Ohio, 1968, p. 67, no. 209.