Pitcher

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Object Name: 
Pitcher
Place Made: 
England
Accession Number: 
80.2.17 A
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 23.6 cm, Diam: 15.1 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1750-1760
Primary Description: 
Pitcher. Colorless lead glass; blown, applied, cut. Helmet shape, rim cut in a series of arches and cyma curves, pouring spout rounded; cut flutes below the spout, with cut ovals at either side, and bands of large cut diamonds below; triangular cut facets around the rounded base; cut vertical panels at either side of the applied loop handle, with cut scallops on the handle, curled lower terminal; body of the pitcher mounted on a large ball knop; domed foot with cut circular facets on the dome, rim petal-cut; rough pontil mark on the underside of the foot.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Hotspur, Former Collection
1980-10-28
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
Blown, Cut, Applied
cut glass

Exhibitions (2)

A Touch of Glass
Venue(s)
Explorers Hall, National Geographic Society 1995-02-15 through 1995-09-15
The Cutting Edge: 200 Years of the Crystal Object
Venue(s)
M. H. De Young Memorial Museum 1992-02-22 through 1992-05-17
Toledo Museum of Art 1992-06-30 through 1992-08-22
National Museum of American History 1992-10-03 through 1993-01-24
Denver Art Museum
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
 

Publications (6)

In Sparkling Company: Reflections on Glass in the 18th-century British World (2020) illustrated, p. 21 (fig. 10);
In Sparkling Company: Reflections on Glass in the 18th-century British World (2020) illustrated, p. 21 (fig. 10);
Swarovski: the magic of crystal (1995) p. 49; BIB# 35771
The Cutting Edge: 200 Years of Crystal (1992) p. 146 ff; BIB# 35042
The Cutting Edge: 200 Years of Crystal (Brochure) (1992) p. 7; BIB# 35107
Recent Important Acquisitions, 23 (1981) p. 95, #15; BIB# AI98083

Objects in Set (2)

Pitcher and Wash Bowl
Date:about 1750-1760
Accession Number:80.2.17
Wash Bowl
Date:about 1750-1760
Accession Number:80.2.17 B