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Cream Pitcher

Cream Pitcher

 
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Object Name: 
Cream pitcher
Title: 
Cream Pitcher
Department
American
Category
Early American
Place Made: 
United States, possibly PA; United States, possibly New England
Date: 
probably 1775-1799
Color
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colorless
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gray
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amethyst
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green
Technique
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glassblowing
applied
Material
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glass
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 13.5 cm; Rim W: 5 cm, D: 5.25 cm; Foot Diam: 6.5 cm
Accession Number: 
50.4.57
Location: 
On Display
Description
Pitcher. Non-lead glass; (body) amethystine shading to amethyst and (handle and foot) colorless of greenish gray tinge; free-blown; slender tapering ovoid body, short cylindrical neck with tiny, shallow lip, very heavy, applied petaled-foot, rough pontil mark; small, applied slender loop strap-handle.
Provenance
McKearin, George S., Source 1926 to 1950-07-31

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