Cream Pitcher

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Cream Pitcher

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

Date1825-1840

DimensionsH: 2 27/32 in. (7.2 cm); Max Rim Diam: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); Max W: 2 9/32 in. (5.8 cm); Base Diam: 1 9/16 in. (4.0 cm)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1971.25

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DescriptionBlown in a mold (McKearin G.II-18) of three vertical sections and a base plate (McKearin Diamond Type XII). Neck, rim, and spout sheared and tooled to shape. Applied solid handle with crimped and upturned lower end. Rough, solid pontil mark. Capacity: one-half pint.

Published ReferencesMcKearin, "Three Mold," pp. 78-81, fig. 2, second from right.

References to glass classifications established in 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.II-18, p. 251, pl. 88; p. 261, pl. 100, no. 12; p. 319.

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. 223, no. 252.