Toy Pitcher

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Toy Pitcher

Place of OriginUnited States, Midwest region

DateProbably 1830-1850

DimensionsH: 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm); Rim Diam: 1 3/16 in. (3.0 cm); Base Diam: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm)

MediumDeep cobalt-blue lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

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

Object number

1959.68

Not on View

DescriptionBlown and tooled to shape. The flaring circular foot drawn out from the same gather as the body. Applied solid, semi-ear-shaped handle with upturned lower end and two crimps just above.

Published ReferencesMcKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, p. 238, repr. pl. 75, no. 6.

"Toledo's Glass Heritage," Antiques Journal, vol. 18, November 1963, pp. 8-11, 27, repr. p. 10.

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. 146, no. 136.

Exhibition HistoryNew York, Girl Scouts Loan Exhibition, American Art Galleries, 1929, no. 199.