"Ship's Decanter" Style Pitcher

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Object Name:

Department

American

Maker(s)

Union Glass Company, Factory

Place Made:

United States, Somerville, MA

Date:

1900-1910

Dimensions:

Overall H: 18.8 cm, W: 20.6 cm, Diam (max): 18.3 cm

Accession Number:

2008.4.147

Location:

On Display

Description

Colorless cased with transparent champagne colored glass; blown, tooled, applied, cut, polished. Pitcher with wide flat base, pulled spout and applied (sprung) handle. Blank No. 147. Cut with a repeat of hobstars and rayed stars, prism cuts, notch-cuts, with a caning and notched cut rim. The handle is cut with a double panel of oval punty cuts, the base with a hobstar surrounded by rayed stars and cross-hatched reserves.

Inscription

LDC.88.36 Painted On underside of base Black paint/ink.

Provenance

DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Source to

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