Pitcher Cut in "Sharp Diamond" Pattern

Object Name: 
Pitcher Cut in "Sharp Diamond" Pattern

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Object Name: 
Pitcher Cut in "Sharp Diamond" Pattern
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, MA, Cambridge
Accession Number: 
88.4.36
Dimensions: 
H: 26.7 cm, W(incl. handle): 19.7 cm, D: 13.1 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1850-1870
Credit Line: 
Gift of Robert M. and Nedra Joyce
Primary Description: 
Colorless lead glass; blown, cut. Cylindrical shape, slightly larger at base; scalloped rim, cut and polished, hollow diamond cutting on neck; sharp diamond cutting on body with two cut ribs outlining top of field of diamonds; applied ear-shaped handle with cut thumbrest on top and cut on top and sides; multi-pointed star cut on base.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Pattern Name: 
Sharp Diamond
Provenance: 
Joyce, Robert M., Source
1988-09-14
As We Were Antiques, Source
1988-09-14
Joyce, Nedra, Source
1988-09-14
Category: 
Early American
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
Blown, Cut

Publications (3)

Recent Important Acquisitions, 31 (1989) illustrated, p. 107, #19; BIB# AI23357
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 1988 (1989) p. 6; BIB# AI96381
Cut and Engraved Glass, 1771-1905: The Collector's Guide to American Wares (1950) illustrated, pl. 10; BIB# 27595