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Pitcher

Manufacturer Phoenix Glass Works (American, 1819 or 1820-1870)

Manufacturer South Boston Flint Glass Works (American, 1813-1827)

Date1813-1830

DimensionsH: 16.4 cm (6 15/32 in.); Rim Diam: 12.3 cm (4 13/16 in.); Base Diam: 8.1 cm (3 3/16 in.)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1964.71

On View

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

DescriptionBlown and finished by tooling. The semi-barrel-shaped body is decorated with two bands of applied chain decoration, the upper with 11 links, the lower with 9. Semi-ear-shaped applied handle with crimped and upturned end. Rough, solid pontil mark on slightly concave base.

Published ReferencesMcKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, p. 159, pl. 55, nos. 1, 3.

"Treasures for Toledo," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, vol. 7, no. 4, Winter 1964, repr. p. 104.

Wittmann, Otto, "Treasures for Toledo," Apollo, vol. 81, no. 35, January 1965, p. 35.

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. 57.

The Toledo Museum of Art, Art in Glass: A Guide to the Glass Collections, Toledo, Ohio, 1969, repr. p. 89.

Keefe, John W., "A Comparison of the Products of the New England and the Boston and Sandwich Glass Companies," pt. 1, The Glass Club Bulletin of the National Early American Glass Club, nos. 96-97, December 1970-March 1971, pp. 3-12; pt. 2, The Glass Club Bulletin of the National Early American Glass Club, no. 98, August 1971, pp. 3-7, p. 4, fig. 1.

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. 184, no. 154.

Exhibition HistoryTMA, Treasures for Toledo, December 1964-January 1965.