New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Pitcher

Manufacturer Libbey Glass Co. (American, 1888-)

CultureAmerican

MediumPressed glass

DimensionsOverall: 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.3744

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 117, Study Gallery Case 2, Section 1 Sh3

DescriptionPitcher of clear pressed glass. California pattern. Eight panels, two alternating scroll and leaf at sides, and two matching but reversed designs below lip and at handle arranged in pairs. Design items similar to sugar bowls but not matching. Serious crack in handle base discovered on 9/10/85 -- unknown when damaged. Several nicks on foot and rim. See GAN.59.23 for sugar (smaller) and GAN.73.2 (larger).

Published ReferencesInnes, _Pittsburgh Glass_, p. 271, Ill. 279 _Corning Journal of Glass Studies XII_ 1970 L.W. Watkins, _Pressed Glass of the New England Glass Co._, p. 149-164, Fig. 14, pl. 23. Toledo Museum Catalogue, _N.E. Glass_, 1963, No. 217-219