Pitcher

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Object Name: 
Pitcher
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, OH, Cleveland
Accession Number: 
50.4.448 B
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 37.24 cm; Rim W: 15 cm, D: 13.25 cm; Shoulder Diam: 13.25; Base Diam: 11 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1840-1860
Primary Description: 
Pitcher. Non-lead glass, green-aquamarine; free-blown. Pitcher: large body with side spreading from thick base with rough pontil mark to narrow, nearly flat shoulder, threaded wide neck pulled forward in "V" to form pouring lip; applied large broad strap handle with medial rib and long turned-back and crimped end.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
McKearin, George S. (b. 1874), Source
1922
to
1950-07-31
Color: 
green
aqua
Technique: 
glassblowing
threading
applied
crimping
Material: 
glass

Exhibitions (1)

Loan exhibition of eighteenth and early nineteenth century furniture & glass; for the benefit of the National Council of Girl Scouts, inc.
Venue(s)
American Art Galleries 1929-09-25 through 1929-10-09

Publications (2)

American Glass (1948) (1948) illustrated, #5, pl. 65; BIB# 25297
Loan exhibition of eighteenth and early nineteenth century furniture & glass (1929) illustrated, #301; BIB# 28050

Objects in Set (2)

Wash Basin and Pitcher
Artist:Cleveland Glass Co.
Date:about 1840-1860
Accession Number:50.4.448
Wash Basin
Artist:Cleveland Glass Co.
Date:about 1840-1860
Accession Number:50.4.448 A