2 Pitchers

2 Pitchers

 
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Object Name: 
2 Pitchers
Department
European
Place Made: 
possibly Germany
Date: 
1883-1900
Color
AAT
red
Technique
AAT
frosting
Dimensions: 
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Accession Number: 
90.3.53
Credit Line: 
Gift of Miss Edith Jones
Location: 
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Description
Opaque white, reddish, yellow and colorless non-lead glasses; mold-blown, cased, acid-etched, with applied decoration. Gourd-shaped pitchers mold-blown of opaque white glass, with a thin outer casing of red glass which shades away to nothing near the base; tall narrow neck, tooled into a pouring lip and top rim tooled into scallops while hot; applied handle of colorless glass opposite lip; circular base with gilt line at lower edge, ground and polished pontil mark and gilt script signature "729/7" over "D.700"; body was acid treated for a matte or satin finish and then tiny yellow beads were applied in a branching coral-like pattern, the "Coralene" decoration.
Provenance
Jones, Edith, Source
 

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