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Object NameCream Pitcher

Makerprobably New England Glass Company (1818-1878)

Makerpossibly Boston & Sandwich Glass Company (active 1825-1888)

Made FromLead Glass

Date1860-1869

TechniquePressed

SizeOverall H: 13 cm; Rim W: 8.5 cm, D: 11 cm; Foot Diam: 7.5 cm

Accession Number50.4.206

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Place Made

United States, MA, probably Cambridge; United States, MA, possibly Sandwich

Physical DescriptionCream Pitcher. Lead glass, colorless; pressed in one piece; octagonal helmet-shape with flaring circular foot and plain swan-neck handle; on body, long slender panels with relief decoration of two series of four different elaborated arabesques of scrolls, leaves, and flower motifs; on inside of foot, arcs radiating from small dot at focus and forming diamonds, dot at center of each diamond.
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