pitcher

Object NamePitcher

Gaffer Jackie Getzinger

Maker Bridgeton Glass Works

Made FromNon-lead Glass

Dateabout 1836-1850

Place MadeUnited States, NJ

TechniqueFree-blown, tooled, applied

SizeOverall H: 19.25 cm; Rim W: 8 cm, D: 11 cm; Foot Diam:10 cm

Accession Number50.4.406

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionPitcher. Non-lead glass, dark amber and opaque white; free-blown and tooled; small globular body with applied amber glass gather tooled into 15 ribs below a rounded horizontal ring, long wide cylindrical neck with high arched lip, and with opaque white loopings; applied, amber glass, short multiple-ring stem and wide circular flat foot with rough pontil mark; applied solid semi-ear-shaped handle with leaf decoration on flattened end with curled-back tip.
Provenance

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

Former Collection Renwick Hurry
Obtained from a relative of Jackie Getzinger.