"Ship's Decanter" Style Pitcher

Object Name: 
"Ship's Decanter" Style Pitcher

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Object Name: 
"Ship's Decanter" Style Pitcher
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, MA, Somerville
Accession Number: 
2008.4.147
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 18.8 cm, W: 20.6 cm, Diam (max): 18.3 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1900-1910
Primary Description: 
Colorless cased with transparent champagne colored glass; blown, tooled, applied, cut, polished. Pitcher with wide flat base, pulled spout and applied (sprung) handle. Blank No. 147. Cut with a repeat of hobstars and rayed stars, prism cuts, notch-cuts, with a caning and notched cut rim. The handle is cut with a double panel of oval punty cuts, the base with a hobstar surrounded by rayed stars and cross-hatched reserves.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Source
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
cased glass
glassblowing
tooling
applied
cutting
polishing
Material: 
glass
Inscription: 
LDC.88.36
inscription
: 
Painted On underside of base Black paint/ink.