Pitcher or Ewer

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Object Name: 
Pitcher or Ewer
Place Made: 
Continental Europe
possibly Spain
Accession Number: 
50.3.41
Dimensions: 
Overall H: about 23.5 cm; Rim W: 9.3 cm, D: 10.3 cm; Foot Diam (max): 9.5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
possibly 1700-1799
Primary Description: 
Pitcher or Ewer. Green or bottle glass, thin, clear yellowish-green; free-blown. Ovoid body, long cylindrical neck spreading at rim with tiny pulled-up lip, applied flaring conical foot with wide folded rim; small rough pontil mark; applied hollow loop handle with long hollow turned-back end attached along shoulder.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
McKearin, George S. (b. 1874), Source
1934
to
1950-07-31
Lyons, C. W., Former Collection
1934
Color: 
yellowish green
Technique: 
glassblowing
Material: 
green glass