Pitcher

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Pitcher

Place of OriginUnited States, probably Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

DateProbably 1896 or 1900

DimensionsH: 21.8 cm (8 19/32 in.); Rim Diam: (int.) 8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.); Rim Diam: (ext.) 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.); Base Diam: 9.2 cm (3 5/8 in.)

MediumOpal glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. E. M. Belknap

Object number

1965.184

Not on View

DescriptionBlown in a mold of two vertical sections and a plain base plate with a slight recess and finished by tooling. Applied handle. No pontil mark. Enameled on one side with wild roses surrounding a decalcomania black-and-white portrait of William Jennings Bryan.

Published ReferencesBelknap, E. M., Milk Glass, New York, Crown, 1949, p. 78, nos. 66b, 68 (this piece).

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. 545, no. 903.

Exhibition HistoryThe Toledo Museum of Art, Belknap Collection of Milk Glass, exh. cat., 1965.