Pitcher

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Object Name: 
Pitcher
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, PA, Philadelphia
Accession Number: 
62.4.11
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 25.1 cm, W: 21.8 cm, D: 12.8 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1876-1890
Primary Description: 
Colorless non-lead glass; pressed. Hexagonal shape with pointed arches on each side; alternating arches are filled with "daisy and button designs: or are frosted and have a female figure; six tree-bark feet; tree-bark handle opposite lip.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Pattern Name: 
Classic
Provenance: 
Oliver, Mrs. Charles, Source
1962
Category: 
Early American
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
pressing
Material: 
glass

Exhibitions (1)

1876: A Centennial Exhibition
Venue(s)
Smithsonian Institution

Publications (4)

Collector's Guide to American Pressed Glass, 1825-1915 (1992) p. 89, fig. 9-15; BIB# 34337
Glass Tableware, Bowls and Vases (1982) pl. 86; BIB# 22048
American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1981) illustrated, p. 279, #1099; BIB# 30457
A Supplement to 1876, a Centennial Exhibition (1976) p. 4; BIB# 86277