Ewer

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Object Name: 
Ewer
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
England, Stourbridge
Accession Number: 
54.2.16
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 38.5 cm; Shoulder Diam: 14 cm; Base Diam: 12.4 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1886
Primary Description: 
Clear heavy glass; blown, cut and polished. Pedestal foot surmounted by a flattened knop ovoid body with bulbous swelling at bottom, short cylindrical neck with high lip, ear-shaped handle applied to rim and shoulder. The piece is covered all over with cut and polished lavishly ornamental pattern: the rim of the foot is scalloped, on the foot shell and petal-motifs, on the body swirling broad flutes and a fish-frieze, on neck floral motifs and classical beamed head, the handle imitates a palm tree; on the foot below the handle: "W. Fritsche Stourbridge 1886".

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Harry Ehrens, Inc., Source
1954-01-12
Edgerton, Mrs. Wright Prescott, Former Collection
1934-05-03
City Art Museum of St. Louis, Former Collection
1934-05-03
to
1945-05-11
Category: 
19th Century European
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
glassblowing
polishing
cutting
Material: 
glass
Inscription: 
W. Fritsche Stourbridge 1886
Inscription; Date
: 
on the foot below the handle

Exhibitions (2)

The Cut and Engraved Glass of Corning, 1868-1940
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1977-04 through 1977-10
Toledo Museum of Art 1977-11 through 1978-02
English 'Rock Crystal' Glass 1878-1925
Venue(s)
Dudley Art Gallery
 

Publications (31)

The Decanter: Ancient to Modern (2018) illustrated, p. 279 (fig. 3);
5000 years of glass (2012) illustrated, p. 198, #253; BIB# 133950
Five Thousand Years of Glass (Rev ed.) (2004) illustrated, pp. 194-195, #248; BIB# 98761
Five Thousand Years of Glass (British Museum Press, Revised) (1999) illustrated, pp. 194-195, #248; BIB# 65713
Treasures from The Corning Museum of Glass: Checklist of the Exhibition (1999) illustrated, p. 18; BIB# 63967
Five Thousand Years of Glass (Paperback) (1995) illustrated, pp. 194-195, #248; BIB# 27096
Hikari no shouchu: sekai no garasu = The glass (1992) p. 50, #82; BIB# 58995
Treasures of American Museums (1991) p. 32; BIB# 43474
Glass, 5000 Years (1991) illustrated, pp. 194-195, #248; BIB# 33963
Five Thousand Years of Glass (British Museum Press) (1991) illustrated, pp. 194-195, #248; BIB# 34319
Cinquemila anni di vetro (1991) illustrated, pp. 194-195, #248; BIB# 35145
A Short History of Glass (1990 edition) (1990) illustrated, p. 88-89, #78; BIB# 33211
Masterpieces of Glass: A World History From The Corning Museum of Glass (1990) illustrated, pp. 198-199, pl. 91; BIB# 33819
The History of Glass (1989 edition) (1989) illustrated, p. 185; BIB# 150278
The Crystal Arts Fire (1985) p. 3, ill.;
The History of Glass (1984 edition) (1984) illustrated, p. 185; BIB# 22683
English Glass and the Glass used in England, circa 400-1940 (1984) illustrated, p. 207; pl. 55b; BIB# 22835
The Magic of Glass and the Surface of Monaco from Midtec (1983) illustrated, p. 9 (right); BIB# 22508
English Rock Crystal Glass, 1878-1925 (Glass Circle #4) (1982) pp. 20-45, ref. p. 24, ill. p. 38;
Brilliant-cut Glass: A Reinterpretation (1981-01) pp. 86-91, ill. p. 87;
Masterpieces of Glass: A World History from The Corning Museum of Glass (1980) pp. 198-199, pl. 91; BIB# 20953
A Short History of Glass (1980 edition) (1980) illustrated, p. 79, #78; BIB# 21161
Antiques (NY Times) (1977-05-06) illustrated, p. 121;
The Cut and Engraved Glass of Corning 1868-1940 (1977) illustrated, p. 41-42, 93, fig. 32, cat. #105; BIB# 28368
English Rock Crystal Glass 1875-1925 (1976) pl. 8a, #18a; BIB# 28212
Glass from the Corning Museum of Glass: A Guide to the Collections (1974) (1974) illustrated, p. 77, #101; BIB# 28793
Glass from the Corning Museum of Glass: A Guide to the Collections (1965) (1965) illustrated, p. 73, #92; BIB# 27582
Glass from the Corning Museum of Glass: A Guide to the Collections (1958) (1958) p. 71, #82; BIB# 27746
From Broad-Glass to Cut Crystal, a history of the Stourbridge glass industry (1956) pl. 51; BIB# 27576
The Fritsche Ewer (1924-04-15) illustrated
The Fritsche ewer (1886) 4;