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Object NameCreamer and Sugar

Maker New England Glass Company (1818-1878)

Made FromLead Glass

Date1837

Place MadeUnited States, MA, Cambridge

TechniqueBlown, mold-blown, pattern-molded

SizeSee Individual Records

Accession Number73.4.19

Credit LineGift of Marion Pike

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

New England Glass Company, 1818-1888

Not On View

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

This pair was made as a wedding gift for Thyrza Barnes and George Leighton.

Physical DescriptionColorless, lead glass; blown, mold-blown, pattern-molded. (A) Waisted cylindrical shape; high lip with closely-spaced threading; opposite lip an applied, three-lobed handle crimped at bottom; two adjacent applied rings and molded gadrooning on lower half of body; bowl attached by three wafers to short stem; flat circular foot; rough pontil. (Ba) Waisted cylindrical shape; galleried rim with closely spaced threading below; two applied rings and molded gadrooning cover lower part of body; three wafers connect bowl to short stem; flat circular foot; rough pontil. (Bb) Bell-shaped with swirled, pointed red knob attached with two wafers to gadrooned body; one applied ring near folded rim.
Provenance

Former Collection Thyrza Barnes Leighton

Former Collection Mary May Leighton Pike

Former Collection John H. Leighton

Source Marion Pike