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Object NameHand Basin and Pitcher

Maker Saratoga (Mountain) Glassworks

Made FromGreen or Bottle Glass

Date1844-1860

Place MadeUnited States, NY, Saratoga

TechniqueFree blown, applied and tooled decoration, applied

SizeSee Individual Records

Accession Number50.4.447

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Masterpieces of American Glass

Not On View

Physical DescriptionHand Basin and Pitcher. Green or bottle glass, brilliant aquamarine; free-blown with applied and tooled decoration. Basin: deep circular form with flaring heavy outfolded rim, and applied lily-pad Type III decoration on sides; applied circular sloping foot with crimped sides and pontil mark on base. Pitcher: spheroid body with lily-pad Type III, threaded wide cylindrical neck spreading at rim and with long pinched lip, applied broad crimped foot with pontil-marked flat base; applied loop handle with long crimped and curled end.
Provenance

Source George S. McKearin (b. 1874) - 1922-1950-07-31
Purchased in Saratoga

Former Collection S. M. Sterns - 1922
Bought them in a private home near Mt. Pleasant.