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

Crown Milano Ewer

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

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1894

MediumGlass | Gilt

DimensionsOverall: 15 1/2 in. (39.4 cm)
Base: 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm)

InscribedMarked in its center with rust enamel: with a crown and laurel leaves around this and underneath 1006.

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.5040

On View

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

DescriptionBulbous shaped ewer of glossy Crown Milano opal glass. Enameled with a scene of a young man helping a young woman from a sedan chair, in 17th century dress. On the reverse, figures walking in a country scene. Top and bottom have a thick gilt scroll and a floral design. Attached gilt leaf-like handle. Polished pontil.

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, 93, fig. 15-4.