Footed Cream Pitcher

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Footed Cream Pitcher

Manufacturer Fort Pitt Glass Works (American)

Manufacturer New England Glass Company (American, 1818-1888)

ManufacturerPossibly Boston and Sandwich Glass Works (American, 1826-1888)

Date1855-1875

DimensionsH: 13.0 cm (5 1/8 in.); Base Diam: 7.35 cm (2 29/32 in.); Max Rim Diam: 8.15 cm (3 7/32 in.)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1965.68

Not on View

DescriptionPressed upright in a female mold of three vertical sections bearing the California pattern, with a plain handle pressed as an integral part of the body, by a plain male plunger that formed the interior and top of the rim, in conjunction with another male plunger that formed the slightly concave underside of the base and foot. No pontil mark.

Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Web, Sandwich Glass: The History of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, 7th ed., Northboro, Mass., author, 1947, p. 408, pl. 148, top right.

Watkins, Lura Woodside, "Pressed Glass of the New England Glass Company: An Early Catalogue at the Corning Museum," Journal of Glass Studies, vol. 22, 1970, pp. 149-164, p. 162, fig. 14 (repr. of page from New England Glass Company 1869 catalogue, pl. 23), no. 1216.

Spillman, Jane S., American and European Pressed Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning Museum of Glass Catalog Series, Corning, N.Y., Corning Museum of Glass, 1981, p. 249, no. 979.

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. 493, no. 817.