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Footed Pitcher

ArtistAttributed to Matt Johnson (American)

Manufacturer Keene Window Glass Company (North Works) (American, 1814-1855)

Place of OriginKeene, New Hampshire

Date1850-1855

DimensionsH 24.2 cm (9 17/32 in.); W rim 14.8 cm (5 13/16 in.); D base 12.1 cm (4 25/32 in.)

MediumAquamarine non-lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

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

Object number

1959.81

On View

Toledo Museum of Art Glass Pavilion (2444 Monroe Street), Glass Pavilion Gallery, 3

DescriptionBlown and tooled to shape. Eight applied Type II lily pads. Applied thread around neck. Applied solid handle, crimped above upturned lower end. Applied foot. Rough 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, repr. fig. 4, right.

McKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, Two Hundred Years of American Blown Glass, Garden City, NY, Doubleday, 1950; rev. ed., 1966, repr. pl. 39, no. 2.

Rogers, Millard F., Jr., "The Story of American Glass," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 9, no. 3, Autumn 1966, pp. 51-70; rev. and reprinted as a Toledo Museum handbook, repr. p. 59.

Toledo Museum of Art, A Guide to the Collections, Toledo, Ohio, 1966, repr. p. 75, no. 4.

Marvin D. Schwartz, Collectors' Guide to Antique American Glass, Garden City, NY, Doubleday, 1969, repr. p. 72.

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. 143, no. 127, colorpl. 127, p. 84.