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

Creamer

Manufacturer Libbey Glass Co. (American, 1888-)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1850

MediumGlass

DimensionsOverall: 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Florence L. Smith

Object number52.18.7B

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-3, Case 19

DescriptionCreamer with a canary (gold) Ashburton pattern decoration. Helmet rim and a solid applied curled end handle from the rim to mid-body. Fire polished. Polished pontil. No mold marks.

Published ReferencesL.W. Watkins, "Pressed Glass of the New England Glass Company," CORNING JOURNAL OF GLASS STUDIES, Vol. XII, 1970, pp. 157-159, Fig. 9, pl. 17. Wilson, NEW ENGLAND GLASS AND GLASSMAKING (Ashburton "gold" sent to San Francisco 10/29/1849, at the time of the California Gold Rush).