Pitcher

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Object Name: 
Pitcher
Place Made: 
Spain, probably Catalonia
Accession Number: 
74.3.14
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 29.7 cm, Diam: 15.4 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1500-1600
Primary Description: 
Pitcher. Colorless non-lead glass of distinctly grayish-brown tint; blown, pattern-molded. Ribbed, cylindrical neck, larger at top, folded rim; two horizontal rod-like projections on either side of neck; bulbous, diamond-molded body; ribbed, bell-shape foot with folded rim; grooved handle with two vertical loops at top, holding a loose rod spindle with flattened, disk-shape ends; rough pontil mark on underside of base.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Strasser, Rudolf von, Former Collection
1974
Category: 
Baroque
Color: 
gray
colorless
brown
Technique: 
molding
glassblowing
Material: 
glass

Publications (2)

The Decanter: Ancient to Modern (2018) illustrated, pp. 23-24 (fig. 3);
Recent Important Acquisitions, 17 (1975) illustrated, p. 171, #13; BIB# AI91035