Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.

Peach Blow Pitcher in Tankard Shape with Rich Decoration

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

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1886-90

MediumBlown glass | Enamel

DimensionsOverall: 8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm)
Overall, Rim: 4 in. (10.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number80.122

On View

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

DescriptionPitcher of blown peachblow glass. Tankard shape. Heat sensitive glass. Opaque satin pale blue shading to rose at the top. Applied glossy blue handle. Enameled top third with poem: "On waste and woodland, rock and plain,/Its' humble buds unheed rise;/The Rose has but a summer reign;/The daisy never dies!/James Montgomery". Decorated with daisies, a bee and a butterfly.

Published ReferencesAlbert Christian Revi, _Nineteenth Century Glass: Its Genesis and Development_ (New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1959), 49, 46, illustration of same piece. Betty B. Sisk, _Mt. Washington Art Glass plus Webb Burmese Identification and Value Guide_ (Kentucky: Collector Books, 2003), 163, 211-12. Jeff Harrison, _Collecting with Vision: Treasures From the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (London: D. Giles Ltd., 2007), 139, fig. 174. ISBN: 978-0-940744-72-1