Cream pitcher

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Object Name: 
Cream pitcher
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
82.4.38
Dimensions: 
H: 9.6 cm, L: 15.2 cm, W: 8.1 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1830-1835
Credit Line: 
Gift of Kathryn K. Porter
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; pressed and tooled. Rectangular shape with horizontal ribbing on all four sides; scrolls and a heart under lip and at top edge of each side; scroll design on side opposite lip; row of arches near base; diamond pattern under base; four feet connected by a scroll-like skirt. Applied handle.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Porter, Kathryn K., Source
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
pressed and tooled

Publications (2)

Recent Important Acquisitions, 25 (1983) illustrated, p. 265, #25; BIB# AI98084
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1982 (1983) illustrated, pp. 7, 16; BIB# AI97140