"Water Pitcher"

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Object Name: 
Water pitcher
Title: 
"Water Pitcher"
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
97.4.115
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 22.2 cm, D: 14.3 cm, L: 21.8 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1939
Credit Line: 
Gift of Design Dept., Steuben Glass, A Division of Corning Glass Works
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; blown, applied, tooled, ground, polished. Globular shape, conical neck and tooled pointed spout; round handle attached opposite the spout beneath the rim and at the shoulder. Solid flaring foot; the circular base ground and polished flat. Signed "Steuben/DD" in diamond-point script under base in the center. Gummed paper label with typed no. "7837" on the neck.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Steuben Glass, Inc., Source
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
blown, applied, tooled, ground, polished
tooling
ground glass

Publications (1)

Steuben Glass: An American Tradition in Crystal (1982 edition) (1982) p. 289, #7837; BIB# 21935