Creamer

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Object Name: 
Creamer
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, probably MA, South Boston
Accession Number: 
71.4.116
Dimensions: 
H: 12.5 cm, D(at lip): 7 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1815-about 1830
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mr. and Mrs Preston Bassett
Primary Description: 
Deep blue lead glass; blown, tooled. Pear-shape body; applied ear-shaped handle with curled back tip, tooled spout opposite handle; chain decoration around widest part of bowl, formed by two parallel applied threads which have been nipped together at intervals; applied circular base, rough pontil mark, paper label on base with "NEGC / 519-4-5 / T.M.A. 1963".

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern; Modern
Provenance: 
Bassett, Preston, Source
Bassett, Mrs. Preston, Source
Category: 
Early American
Color: 
blue
Technique: 
glassblowing
hot-working
Material: 
lead glass

Exhibitions (1)

New England Glass Company, 1818-1888
Venue(s)
Toledo Museum of Art 1963 through 1963

Publications (3)

Glass Tableware, Bowls and Vases (1982) pl. 125; BIB# 22048
The New England Glass Company: some discoveries (1964) p. 61, not ill.;
The New England Glass Company, 1818-1888 (1963) illustrated, pp. 38, 61, #5; BIB# 27488