pitcher

Object NamePitcher

Made FromLead Glass

Dateabout 1820-1835

Place MadeUnited States, probably Eastern United States

TechniquePattern molded

SizeOverall H: 15.5 cm; RIm W: 9.25 cm, D: 10.3 cm; Base Diam: 8 cm

Accession Number50.4.158

Curatorial Area(s)

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionPitcher. Lead glass, unusually brilliant, colorless; molded for pattern; large globular body, sides in spreading curve from small base to rounded-shoulder, narrow short cylindrical neck, tiny pinched lip; geometric pattern of wide band of diamond diapering between bands of vertical flutes, narrow band of diagonal flutes to right, one of vertical flutes, one of diagonal flutes to left; base, diamond Type XIV -- circle of sixteen deep diamond indentation around a 1-1/4" disc at center--, slightly rough pontil mark; applied, small solid loop handle with crimped end and curled tip.
Provenance

Source George S. McKearin (b. 1874) - 1950-07-31