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

Burmese Cookie Jar

Manufacturer Mount Washington Glass Co. (American, 1837 - 1900)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1885

MediumMold blown glass | Paint | Jewels | Silver

DimensionsOverall: 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm)
Overall, Rim: 5 in. (12.7 cm)

InscribedSilver marked: "M W 4418/C".

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number0.1543

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-6, Case 39

DescriptionBurmese, mold blown hobnail, round; thickly enameled and with applied "jewels" of a seaweed-like design with swirling gold tentacles. Worn silver-plated top with handle and silver lid with butterfly design finial set off center. Some "jewels" are missing and enameling lost.

Published ReferencesBetty B. Sisk, _Mt. Washington Art Glass plus Webb Burmese Identification and Value Guide_ (Kentucky: Collector Books, 2003), 211.