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Object NamePitcher

Factorypossibly Brooklyn Flint Glass Works (1840-1868)

Factorypossibly Jersey Glass Works

Makerprobably John and Richard Fisher Glassworks

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1825-1850

Place MadeUnited States, probably NY, New York City; United States, possibly NY, Brooklyn; United States, possibly NJ, Jersey City

TechniqueFree blown, heavily cut, applied

SizeOverall H (at lip): 21.5 cm, Diam (lip-handle): 21.5 cm; Base Diam: 9.5 cm

Accession Number55.4.54

Curatorial Area(s)

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionPitcher. Clear heavy glass; wear marks at base; free blown and heavily cut; oval body with flat base, wide neck flaring slightly to rim with broad arched lip; applied solid ear-shaped handle with flat cut thumb piece. On the body a band of four large blocks of strawberry diamonds separated by single ribs, a horizontal angled rib and a band of rectangles above and below the central frieze, multipointed star at base; horizontal and diagonal prismatic cutting on neck and lip, vertical prismatic cutting on each side of handle, scalloped rim.
Provenance

Source McKearin Antiques - 1955-11-12