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jug

Object NameWater Pitcher or Jug

Made FromLead Glass, presumably

Dateabout 1800-1825

TechniqueBlown, cut, ground, polished

SizeOverall H: 16.5 cm; Base Diam: 9.3 cm; Rim W: 11 cm, D: 13.5 cm

Accession Number51.2.219

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Place Made

Ireland

Physical DescriptionColorless, presumably lead glass; blown and cut. Semi-barrel-shaped body, wide neck spreading to rim with broad lip and cut round scallops at sides; applied large heavy loop handle with broad tongue attachment at top and, on mid-body, long flat cut end; thumb rest on top and sides cut flat; plain base with concave, ground, and polished pontil mark at center; cut bracelet-bands on body: finger flutes below band having three flutes at each end of five sunbursts with fine rays from large crosshatched diamond and separated by single triangular vertical rib, narrow band of broad flat panels above sunbursts; lozenge of lunar slices on each side of neck.
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