4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2010.

Crown Milano Covered Jar

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

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1894

MediumGlass | Gilt

Dimensions5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
Base: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)
Overall, Rim: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
with handles: 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm)

InscribedMarked in rust on center of polished pontil: a crown, with laurel leaves on either side below and "1013" at the bottom.

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.5043

On View

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

DescriptionCovered jar. Crown Milano. JAR: Of glossy opaque white glass. Squat shape, sharply increasing from both the base and rim to the largest diameter at center. Heavily enameled multi-color floral. Heavy gilt scroll at rim. Gilt band at base. Small applied scroll handle, gilded. LID/COVER: Matching dome shape with a round flat-top finial. Gilded with a scroll design. Gilt neck.

Exhibition History"Mount Washington and Pairpoint: American Glass from the Gilded Age to the Roaring Twenties," Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, May 19 - December 31, 2011.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, 97, fig. 15-16.