Footed Cream Pitcher

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Footed Cream Pitcher

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

Place of OriginPossibly Sandwich, Mass.; possibly Europe

Date1830-1845

DimensionsH: 4 17/32 in. (11.5 cm); Rim Diam: 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm); Base Diam: 2 3/4 in. (7.0 cm)

MediumTranslucent light blue non-lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1966.70

Not on View

DescriptionPressed in a female mold of three vertical sections bearing the pattern that formed the body and the plain upper and side sections of the foot, with a plain, slightly domed base plate that formed the underside of the foot, by a plain male plunger that formed the interior of the pitcher and the upper edge of the lip. The handle was pressed as an integral part of the body.

Published ReferencesSpillman, Jane S., American and European Pressed Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning Museum of Glass Catalog Series, Corning, NY, Corning Museum of Glass, 1981, p. 78, no. 194.

The Elsholz Collection of Early American Glass, 3 vols., Hyannis, MA, Richard A. Bourne, 1987, vol. 2, nos. 397 (moonstone), 505 (electric blue).

The Elsholz Collection of Early American Glass, 3 vols., Hyannis, MA, Richard A. Bourne, 1987, vol. 3, no. 1140 (opalescent).

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. 421, no. 634.

Exhibition HistoryThe Toledo Museum of Art, Early American Pressed Glass, January 28-March 6, 1966 (no catalog).