Footed Cream Pitcher

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Footed Cream Pitcher

Place of OriginEurope, perhaps Belgium

Date1880-1910

DimensionsH: 3 23/32 in. (9.4 cm); Rim Diam: 2 27/32 in. (7.2 cm); Base Diam: 1 25/32 in. (4.5 cm)

MediumLead glass; mold-pressed.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1965.108

Not on View

DescriptionDeep purplish-blue glass. Pressed upright in a female mold of three vertical sections that formed the exterior of the piece, including the handle, with a domed base plate that formed the underside of the foot, by a plain male plunger that formed the interior and top of the rim. Foot rough ground. No pontil mark.

Published ReferencesWilson, 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. 1376.