Cream Jug
Manufacturer
Sowerby & Co.
(English)
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1875
MediumPressed glass
DimensionsOverall: 3 1/8 x 3 1/2 in. (7.9 x 8.9 cm)
InscribedInscriped with British diamond-shape Design Registry mark for 17 December 1875.
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Edwin C. Kellam
Object number94.22
On View
Not on viewLabel TextGLASS FOR THE MASSES A great revolution in glassmaking technology occurred in the mid-nineteenth century: the machine press. First developed in America in the late 1820s, it was quickly adopted by the British glass industry. Machine presses required less-skilled laborers and allowed for greater productivity in the factory. Thus, glassware became less expensive for the growing consumer market. Even a middle-class home in the mid-nineteenth century could afford a complete table setting of pressed glass in a matching pattern. Pressed glass often imitated more expensive cut glass, but increasingly featured more fashionable styles or cutting-edge colors for a highly decorative effect. Sowerby & Co. Gateshead-on-Tyne, England Cream Jug, ca. 1875-95 Pattern registered 17 December 1875 Pressed glass Gift of Mrs. Edwin C. Kellam 94.22 Exhibition History"Cheers to Queen Victoria: British Glass from the Chrysler Collection," Waitzer Community Gallery, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, September 22, 2010 - March 20, 2011.
