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

Crown Milano Pitcher

Manufacturer Mt. Washington Glass Co. (American, New Bedford, MA)
CultureAmerican
MediumGlass | Gilt
DimensionsOverall: 10 3/8 in. (26.4 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
Base: 3 1/4 x 3 7/8 in. (8.3 x 9.8 cm)
InscribedMarked in blue enamel: a crown, then "CM" intertwined, and "504".
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.5042
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 117, Study Gallery Case 2, Section 4 Sh5
DescriptionEwer/pitcher. Pilgrim flask shaped Crown Milano. Enameled in soft smoky blue and white. A cartouche of shepherdess and sheep. One the reverse, a cartouche of birds on a flowering rose branch. Each is framed with thick gilt leaves and berries. Applied twisted rope-like handle circles neck. Polished pontil.

Published ReferencesKenneth M. Wilson and Jane Shadel Spillman, _Mt. Washington & Pairpoint Glass_, Volume 2, exh. cat., The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, 2011, 82, fig. 14-73.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2010.
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