Pitcher with Forged Maker Mark

Pitcher with Forged Maker Mark

 
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Object Name: 
Pitcher with Forged Maker Mark
Department
American
Category
Early American
Place Made: 
probably Eastern United States
Date: 
about 1850-1870
Color
AAT
colorless
Technique
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 33 cm, W: 24.6 cm; Rim Diam: 15.6 cm
Accession Number: 
86.4.57
Credit Line: 
Gift in memory of Charles H. and Alice Wendt Voorhees
Location: 
On Display
Description
Colorless lead glass; blown and cut. Ovoid shape cut into six flat vertical panels which cover most of body; rim cut into scallops; applied ring around neck cut into flat panels; applied stem cut into panels; applied handle also cut; heavy flat circular foot polished underneath; rectangle in center enclosing "N.E GLASS CO.".
Inscription
N.E GLASS CO.
inscription
:
Acid-stamed on base
Provenance
Jacobson, Roger, Former Collection
1986
New Marks on Old Glass (2011) p. 12, fig. 24; BIB# AI85388
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1986 (1987) p. 5;

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