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Pitcher

Place of OriginProbably Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Date1870

DimensionsH: 21.5 cm (8 1/2 in.); Rim L: 15.2 cm (6 in.); Rim W: 12.1 cm (4 3/4 in.); Base Diam: 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.)

MediumLight amethyst non-lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1984.27

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DescriptionBlown in a full-size mold patterned with eight pillar ribs and finished by tooling. Applied hollow handle with crimped and upturned lower end. Rough, solid pontil mark.

Label TextThe pillar-molded style complemented the Rococo Revival furnishings that were fashionable in the mid-19th century. Most American glassmakers favored large, curvilinear shapes for this inexpensive method of decoration. Pitchers, decanters, footed bowls, celery glasses, show jars, and bar bottles are the most common pillar-molded forms in American glass.Published ReferencesMcKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, pl. 25, no. 7; p. 57, pl. 54, no. 8; p. 158.

McKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, Two Hundred Years of American Blown Glass, Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1950; rev. ed., 1966, pl. 45, no. 3.

Innes, Lowell, Pittsburgh Glass, 1791-1891: A History and Guide for Collectors, Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1976, colorpl. 8, left; pp. 193-201, fig. 193, no. 1.

Spillman, Jane Shadel and Suzanne K. Frantz, Masterpieces of American Glass, Corning Museum of Art, The Toledo Museum of Art, Lilian Nassau, Ltd., New York, Crown, 1990, repr. p. 19, fig. 24; p. 92.

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. 196, no. 185, colorpl. 185, p. 156.