Cigar Jar with Cover, Wavecrest

Object Name: 
Cigar Jar with Cover, Wavecrest

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Object Name: 
Cigar Jar with Cover, Wavecrest
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, CT, Meriden
Accession Number: 
79.4.77
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 15.3 cm, Diam: 10.9 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1898-1910
Credit Line: 
Gift in part of William E. Hammond
Primary Description: 
Opaque white glass; brass collar; mold-blown. Cylindrical body enameled in blue with a spray of pink flowers on front with "Cigars" below; brass collar and hinge for lid with shell design and spray of flowers on top; stamped on base "WAVE CREST/ TRADEMARK/THE/C.F.M./Co.".

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Hammond, William E., Source
1979-03-27
Category: 
Early American
Art Glass
Color: 
Opaque white, blue, pink, brass
blue
pink
Technique: 
mold-blown, enameled, stamped
enameling
Inscription: 
WAVE CREST/ TRADEMARK/THE/C.F.M./Co
Trademark
: 
stamped base

Publications (2)

The illustrated encyclopedia of glass (2011) illustrated, p. 177 (right); BIB# 128671
Glass Bottles, Lamps & Other Objects (1983) pl. 185; BIB# 22375