Syrup Jug and Cover

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Syrup Jug and Cover

Place of OriginUnited States, probably Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area

Date1872-1880

DimensionsH 18.7 cm (7 3/8 in.); D rim 5.3 cm (2 3/32 in.); D base 6.7 cm (2 5/8 in.)

MediumOpal glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. E. M. Belknap

Object number

1965.187

Not on View

DescriptionBlown in a mold of three vertical sections bearing the pattern of alternating palmettes and diamond-diapered motifs, with a base plate bearing a fourteen-pointed even-rayed star. Applied handle. No pontil mark. Pewter hinged cover.

Published ReferencesBelknap, E. M., Milk Glass, New York, Crown, 1949, repr. p. 83, no. 73A

Ferson, Regis F. and Mary Fleming Ferson, Yesterday's Milk Glass Today, Pittsburgh, authors, 1981, pp.73-74, no. 366

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. 544, no. 901.

Exhibition HistoryThe Toledo Museum of Art, E. M. Belknap Collection of Milk Glass, exh. cat., 1949

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