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

Pitcher/Ewer

Manufacturer Boudnik Maximilian Ullersdorf

Manufacturer Toplitz

CultureBohemian

Dateca. 1914

MediumBlown glass | Enamel

DimensionsOverall: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
Overall, Rim: 1 1/4 x 2 in. (3.2 x 5.1 cm)
Base: 2 in. (5.1 cm)

InscribedIncised in script around pontil: "A. De CARANZA" (fake signature)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.6625

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 117, Study Gallery Case 2, Section 4 Sh3

DescriptionEwer-like pitcher but squat; round; with plain curved handle from rim to body center; blown amber with outer skin of irregular vertical iridescence from mid neck of blues, golds, tans and enameled orange blossoms with gilt outlined pond lily-like leaves and water on one side. Polished pontil.

Published ReferencesPezaurek/Spiegl, GLASS DES 20, JAHRLUNDECTS JUGENDSTIL, ART DECO, 1983, ill. 162. Glas: Historismus und die Historismen Um 1900, Staatliche Museum zie Berlin, 1977, ill. #172 & 173: 187.