pitcher

Object NamePitcher Engraved with Foliage

Maker Cork Glass Company

Made FromLead Glass

Dateabout 1783-1818

Place MadeIreland, Cork

Techniqueblown, pattern-molded, engraved, applied

SizeOverall H: 16 cm; Body Diam: 13.4 cm

Accession Number78.2.5

Credit LineGift of Kenneth Moyer

Curatorial Area(s)

Early Modern

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionColorless lead glass; blown, pattern-molded, and engraved. Ovoid body, with cylindrical neck; the neck with two engraved stylized sprays of foliage; pincered, rounded pouring spout; rounded shoulders above tapering sides; the sides with a band of engraved intersecting arcs, with cross-hatching in the lenses and stars in the diamonds; stylized foliage above and below; band of vertical ribbing at the base; the bottom radially ribbed in a ring; inscribed "CORK GLASS Co." in a ring around the rough pontil mark; applied loop handle, the lower terminal crimped and curled.
Provenance

Former Collection Kenneth Moyer - 1978-08-11