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Pitcher

Place of OriginProbably Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Date1830-1860

DimensionsH: 20.3 cm (8 in.); Max Rim W: 12.6 cm (4 31/32 cm); Base Diam: 8.6 cm (3 13/32 in.)

MediumAlmost colorless very low or non-lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

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

Object number

1959.51

Not on View

DescriptionBlown in a full-size mold patterned with eight pillar ribs that extend from just under the lip onto the base, leaving a plain area about 5.0 cm (2 in.) in diameter in the center. The top of each of the pillars has three horizontal tooled indentations. Applied large, hollow handle, impressed with a leaf design at its lower attachment just above the crimped and upturned lower end. Large, rough pontil mark.

Published ReferencesInnes, Lowell, Pittsburgh Glass, 1791-1891: A History and Guide for Collectors, Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1976, pp. 193-201.

McKearin, Helen, "American Glass," Concise Encyclopedia of Antiques, London, Connoisseur, 1957, vol. 3, repr. pl. 40.

Rogers, Millard F., Jr., "The Story of American Glass," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 9, no. 3, Autumn 1966, pp. 51-70; rev. and reprinted as a Toledo Museum handbook, repr. p. 63.

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. 196, no. 184.