Footed Pitcher

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Footed Pitcher

Place of OriginEastern United States

Date1830-1840

DimensionsH: 16.9 cm (6 21/32 in.); Max W: 12.4 cm (4 7/8 in.); Base Diam: 8.5 cm (3 11/32 in.)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

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

Object number

1959.57

Not on View

DescriptionBlown in a mold (McKearin G.V-12) of four vertical sections and a plain base plate. Neck, rim, and spout sheared and tooled to shape. Applied solid circular foot. Foot pressed in a female mold of two shallow vertical sections by a male plunger bearing the pattern of concentric circles around a small central boss on the underside. Applied hollow handle with crimped and upturned lower end. Rough, solid pontil mark. Capacity: 1 quart.

Published ReferencesMcKearin, George S., and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948

McKearin, Helen and Kenneth M. Wilson, American Bottles and Flasks and Their Ancestry, New York, Crown, 1978; etc., G.V-12, p. 259, pl. 98; p. 261, pl. 100, no. 22; p. 322.

Papert, Emma, The Illustrated Guide to American Glass, New York, Hawthorn, 1972, repr. p. 103, left.

Rogers, Millard F., Jr., "American Glass [TMA's purchase from McKearin collection]," Antiques, vol. 78, October 1960, pp. 364, 370, p. 364, repr. p. 370.

"Recent Important Acquisition," Journal of Glass Studies, vol. 3, 1961, repr. p. 147, no. 48.

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. 226, no. 260.