Footed Cream Pitcher

Place of OriginPossibly England

Date1850-1860

DimensionsH: 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm); Max Rim Diam: 3 1/32 in. (7.7 cm); Base Diam: 2 17/32 in. (6.4 cm)

MediumLead glass; mold-pressed, applied and tooled handle.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1965.107

Not on View

DescriptionDeep amethyst glass. Body and sides of foot pressed upright in a female mold of four vertical sections, with a base plate bearing a twelve-pointed star that formed the underside of the base, with a cap ring that formed the rim, by a plain male plunger. Four mold seams rise vertically from the lower edge of the foot to the rim, one on each side of the spout, the other two on each side of the handle. Applied and tooled solid handle crimped at lower end. Rim fire-polished. Rough pontil mark.

Published ReferencesRogers, 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. 82.

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. 806, no. 1375.