Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2010.

Crown Milano Ewer

Manufacturer Mt. Washington Glass Co. (American, New Bedford, MA)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1894

MediumBlown glass | Gilt

DimensionsOverall: 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
Base: 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm)

InscribedMarked in red enamel on polished pontil with a crown framed with leaf spray and "1000".

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number82.83

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DescriptionEwer of blown opal glass. Glossy Crown Milano pattern. Squat ewer shape. Enameled shoulder with two polychrome floral medallions framed with thick gilt scroll and leaf design. Rest of shoulder is gilt mesh. Gilt around rim and gilded ribbed and curled handle.

Published ReferencesBetty B. Sisk, _Mt. Washington Art Glass plus Webb Burmese Identification and Value Guide_ (Kentucky: Collector Books, 2003), 211. Kenneth M. Wilson and Jane Shadel Spillman, _Mt. Washington & Pairpoint Glass_, Volume 2, exh. cat., The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, 2011, 98, fig. 15-18.