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Footed Pitcher

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

Date1830-1840

DimensionsH: 17.0 cm (6 11/16 in.); Max Rim W: 12.6 cm (4 31/32 in.); Base Diam: 9.3 cm (3 21/32 in.)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1968.30

Not on View

DescriptionBlown in a mold (McKearin G.V-6) of four vertical sections and a base plate (McKearin Rayed and Ringed Type III) that formed the body and hollow foot. Neck, rim, and spout sheared and tooled to shape. Applied hollow handle with crimped and upturned lower end. Rough, solid pontil mark. Capacity: 1 quart.

Published ReferencesHumphreys, Gregor Norman, "Foreign Influences in American Glass," Antiques, vol. 14, September 1928, pp. 242-246, fig. 5 (Reprint 1, pp. 74-78).

McKearin, Helen, "Blown Three-Mold Fragments Excavated at Sandwich, Antiques, vol. 35, May 1939, pp. 240-243 (Reprint 1, pp. 168-171), pp. 240-243, no. 23.

Lee, Ruth Web, Sandwich Glass: The History of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, 7th ed., Northboro, MA, author, 1947, p. 195, pl. 46, bottom right.

McKearin, George S., and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948; McKearin, Helen and Kenneth M. Wilson, American Bottles and Flasks and Their Ancestry, New York, Crown, 1978; etc., G.V-6, p. 259, pl. 98; p. 261, pl. 100, no. 35; p. 321.

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. 225, no. 257.