Jug

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Object Name: 
Jug
Place Made: 
United States, Midwestern
Accession Number: 
55.4.268
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 12.7 cm; Body Diam: 10.2 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1800-1825
Primary Description: 
Jug. Transparent brilliant reddish-amber glass; wear marks; pattern molded; spherical body with pushed-up base having pontil mark, short cylindrical neck with collared rim; applied ear-shaped strap handle (three ribs) with crimped end; patterned in ten-diamond mold and expanded.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern; Modern
Provenance: 
McKearin Antiques, Source
1955-11-12
Color: 
red
amber
Technique: 
mold-blowing
Material: 
glass

Publications (4)

Pittsburgh Glass, 1797-1891 (1976) illustrated, p. 191 (fig. 172, left); BIB# 19272
Two Hundred Years of American Blown Glass (Doubleday edition) (1950) pl. 108, #3, pp. 336-337; BIB# 25299
Two Hundred Years of American Blown Glass (Crown Publishers edition) (1950) pl. 108, #3, pp. 336-337; BIB# 76944
Two Hundred Years of American Blown Glass (Bonanza Books edition) (1950) pl. 108, #3, pp. 336-337; BIB# 96725