Pitcher

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Object Name: 
Pitcher
Place Made: 
United States, probably PA, Pittsburgh
Accession Number: 
62.4.36
Dimensions: 
H: 17 cm, D(base): 7.7 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1820-1840
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; blown and cut. Cylindrical body; serrated rim; applied handle opposite cut lip; step cutting on shoulder; flutes and strawberry diamond and fans on body, star cut on base.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern; Modern
Provenance: 
Wiesner, Mrs. A. J., Source
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
Blown and cut

Publications (3)

Un guide pour la datation de la verrerie de table des annees 1800 a 1940 (2001) illustrated, Fig. 41, right, p. 210; BIB# 96483
Studies in Material Culture Research (2000) illustrated, p. 180, fig. 41; BIB# 71763
Glass Tableware, Bowls and Vases (1982) pl. 128; BIB# 22048