Footed Cream Pitcher

ManufacturerProbably Central Glass Company (American, 1863-1891)

Date1880-1900

DimensionsH: 13.6 cm (5 3/8 in.); W (with handle): 14.8 cm (5 27/32 in.); Max W (mouth): 9.6 cm (3 25/32 in.); Base Diam: 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.)

MediumDense opal non-lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. E. M. Belknap

Object number

1965.188

Not on View

DescriptionPressed upright in a female mold of two vertical sections bearing the pattern of two different swans and plants on the body, with a base plate that formed the lower edge of the foot and the domed underside, with a cap ring that formed the scalloped rim, by a male plunger. The moldmarks extend from the top edge of the foot vertically through the center of the handle and the spout to the rim. Rim heavily fire-polished. No pontil mark.

Published ReferencesBelknap, E. M., Milk Glass, New York, Crown, 1949, repr. p. 92, no. 82a.

Keefe, John W., "American Lacy and Pressed Glass in the Toledo Museum of Art," Antiques, vol. 100, July 1971, pp. 104-109 (Reprint 2, pp. 151-156), p. 109, repr. fig. 11.

Ferson, Regis F. and Mary Fleming Ferson, Yesterday's Milk Glass Today, Pittsburgh, authors, 1981, pp. 52-53, no. 235.

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. 507, no. 849.

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