Pitcher

Place of OriginProbably New York State

Date1835-1850

DimensionsH: 19.5 cm (7 11/16 in.); Rim Diam: 11.5 cm (4 9/16 in.); Base Diam: 9.6 cm (3 3/4 in.)

MediumBrilliant green non-lead glass. Blown, applied, and tooled decoration.

ClassificationGlass

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

Object number

1959.73

Not on View

DescriptionApplied Types II and III lily pads. Applied thread around neck. Applied solid trefoil handle, crimped above upturned lower end; three horizontal tool marks just above the crimp. Applied sloping foot. Rough, irregular pontil mark.

Label TextBecause virtually all the known lily pad ware was fabricated with aqua, green, olive, or amber glass, it is clear that the style flourished at establishments where bottles or window panels were the primary products. Usually the decorative motifs seen in tableware from bottle and window factories were modeled after the fashions in refined glass, but the lack of high-style versions indicates that lily pad decoration did not find favor with flint glass manufacturers.Published ReferencesGeorge S. McKearin, "American Glass: Stiegel to Steuben," Art in America, vol. 44, Spring 1956, p. 48, repr. fig. 3;

Rogers, Millard F., Jr., "American Glass: 1608-1940, " Toledo Museum News, vol. 4, no. 3, Summer 1961, pp. 51-70, repr. p. 55.

Rogers, Millard F., Jr., "The Story of American Glass," Toledo Museum News, vol. 9, no. 3, Autumn 1966, pp. 51-70; rev. and reprinted as a Toledo Museum handbook, repr. p. 57.

Rogers, Millard F., Jr., "Treasures from Toledo, Ohio: The European and American Glass Collection," Apollo, vol. 86, December 1967, pp. 478-485, p. 483, fig. 12.

The Toledo Museum of Art, Art in Glass: A Guide to the Glass Collections, Toledo, Ohio, 1969, repr. p. 86.

Charles F. Gunther, "How Glass Is Made," Toledo Museum News, vol. 15, no. 1, 1972, repr. p. 15.

Newman, Harold, An Illustrated Dictionary of Glass, London, Thames and Hudson, 1977, repr. p. 185.

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. 144, no. 128, colorpl. 128, p. 84.

Page, Jutta-Annette, The Art of Glass: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Museum of Art, 2006, p. 147-148, repr. (col.) fig. 62B, p. 147.