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Pitcher

Manufacturer Saratoga Mountain Glass Works (American, 1844-1890)

Date1844-1860

DimensionsH: 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm); Rim Diam: 4 1/16 in. (10.3 cm); Base Diam: 3 in. (7.6 cm)

MediumPale yellowish-green non-lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

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

Object number

1959.78

Not on View

DescriptionHeavy gather blown and tooled to shape. Applied thread around neck. Applied solid bold trefoil handle. Faint pontil mark.

Published ReferencesWhite, Harry Hall, "Migrations of Early Glassworkers," Antiques, vol. 32, August 1937, pp. 64-67 (Reprint 1, pp. 97-100), p. 66, fig. 4, left.

Perrot, Paul N., "The Melvin Billups Glass Collection," Antiques, vol. 88, September 1965, repr. 343, top, left (Reprint 1, p. 24).

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. 145, no. 132.