Pitcher

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Object Name: 
Pitcher
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, NY, Corning
Accession Number: 
76.4.43
Dimensions: 
H: 25.6 cm, D: 14 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1900-1901
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. Helen Fritchie Arnoldy
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass; blown, cut and engraved. Cylindrical shape, slightly narrower at top. Scalloped top edge; formal bust portraits of President and Mrs. William McKinley surmounted by an eagle and surrounded by scrolls opposite handle. Signed on base in script "H. Fritchie" and "CTN 54".

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Arnoldy, Helen Fritchie, Source
1976-10-02
Category: 
Crystal City
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
glassblowing
cutting
engraving
Material: 
glass

Exhibitions (1)

The Cut and Engraved Glass of Corning, 1868-1940
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1977-04 through 1977-10
Toledo Museum of Art 1977-11 through 1978-02

Publications (3)

Recent Important Acquisitions, 19 (1977) illustrated, p. 175, #36; BIB# AI90914
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1976 (1977) illustrated, pp. 4, 6, #4; BIB# AI97146
The Cut and Engraved Glass of Corning 1868-1940 (1977) illustrated, pp. 64-65, 93, fig. 78, cat. #109; BIB# 28368