Covered Pitcher with Knight on Prancing Horse

Object Name: 
Covered Pitcher with Knight on Prancing Horse

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Object Name: 
Covered Pitcher with Knight on Prancing Horse
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
probably Bohemia, Vimperk (Adolf bei Winterberg)
Accession Number: 
2001.3.169
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 43.8 cm, W: 17.5 cm, D: 12.6 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1890
Credit Line: 
Gift of Jane Williams Mahoney
Primary Description: 
Green glass with enameled knight in armour on a prancing horse, enameled swirls beneath the rider and on verso, applied rigaree decoration on either side, pewter thumb latch and rim. Rows of white bead and gold bands.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Mahoney, Jane Williams, Source
2002-04-09
Color: 
Transparent green
Technique: 
Blown, Tooled, Trailed, Applied, Attached, Enameled, Gilded
tooling
attached
enameling

Publications (2)

Recent Important Acquisitions, 44 (2002) illustrated, p. 229, fig. 29; third from left; BIB# AI64571
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 2001 (2002) illustrated, p. 14; BIB# AI93571