Cream Pitcher

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Cream Pitcher

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

Date1825-1840

DimensionsH: 11.9 cm (4 11/16 in.); Rim Diam: 5.0 cm (1 31/32 in.); Base Diam: 5.9 cm (2 5/16 in.)

MediumDeep purple-blue lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1971.29

Not on View

DescriptionBlown in a mold (McKearin G.I-29) of three vertical sections and a plain base plate. Neck rim and spout sheared and tooled to shape.; rim folded inward. Applied solid trifid handle with heavy medial rib, the lower end crimped. Rough, solid pontil mark. Capacity: one-half pint.

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.I-29; p. 249, pl. 86; p. 318; p. 268; pl. 108, no. 5; p. 279

Lee, Ruth Web, Sandwich Glass: The History of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, 7th ed., Northboro, MA, author, 1947, pl. 34, left

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. 251, colorpl. 251, p. 158.