Footed Toy Pitcher

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Footed Toy Pitcher

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

Date1825-1840

DimensionsH 5.8 cm (2 9/32 in.); D base 3.4 cm (1 11/32 in.)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1971.23

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DescriptionBlown in a mold (McKearin G.III-12) for a toy decanter of three vertical sections and a base plate (McKearin Ringed Type III). Foot, neck, rim, and spout sheared and tooled to shape. Applied solid handle crimped at lower end. Rough, solid pontil mark.

Label TextToy versions of larger glassware items must have been popular in the early 1800s. The Boston and Sandwich firm records reveal numerous toy glass items being made in large quantities—including not only tumblers, decanters, and pitchers, but also jugs, salt containers, and even toy glass hats. The cost for these novelty items ranged from $.03 to $.04 each.Published ReferencesMcKearin, 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.III-12, p. 254, pl. 92; p. 261, pl. 100, no. 23; p. 317;

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. 244, no. 309.