Cream Pitcher

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Cream Pitcher

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

Date1830-1840

DimensionsH: 12.0 cm (4 23/32 in.); Max Rim W: 8.5 cm (3 5/16 in.); Base Diam: 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1968.52

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DescriptionBlown in a mold (McKearin G.V-14) for a decanter of four vertical sections and a base plate (McKearin Rayed Type I). Neck, rim, and spout sheared and tooled to shape. Applied handle with crimped and upturned lower end. Rough, solid pontil mark. Capacity: one-half pint.

Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Web, Sandwich Glass: The History of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, 7th ed., Northboro, MA, author, 1947, pls. 48, 49.

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-14, p. 259, pl. 98; p. 322.

Helen and George S. McKearin, "Blown-Three-Mold Glass," Antiques, vol. 56, December 1949, pp. 450-452, fig. 2, left (Reprint 1, pp. 64-66).

McKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, Two Hundred Years of American Blown Glass, Garden City, NY, Doubleday, 1950; rev. ed., 1966, p. 206, pl. 43, no. 1.

Wilson, Kenneth M., New England Glass and Glassmaking, Old Sturbridge Village Book, New York, Crowell, 1972, p. 272, fig. 230.

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. 226, no. 261.