Pitcher

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Pitcher
Datec. 1835–1865
Probable placeNew Jersey, United States
Probable placeNew York, United States
MediumNonlead glass
Dimensions6 7/8 × 5 7/16 in. (17.5 × 13.8 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.69.462
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Pine Room
Exposé

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Description

In the early nineteenth century, it became more commonplace for Americans to consume water with meals. As a result, large glass pitchers became a prevalent form. This pitcher is ornamented on the lower body with a second gather of glass that has been manipulated into seven vertical peaks. In the early twentieth century, this type of ornament was dubbed “Lily Pad” and was commonly thought to have been made only in southern New Jersey. However, it is now known that this decoration was also used in New York and New England.

Related examples: Winterthur (Palmer 1993, p. 176, nos. 138–42); Toledo (Wilson 1994, pp. 142–44, nos. 124–28).

Book excerpt: David B. Warren, Michael K. Brown, Elizabeth Ann Coleman, and Emily Ballew Neff. American Decorative Arts and Paintings in the Bayou Bend Collection. Houston: Princeton Univ. Press, 1998


ProvenancePossibly Jacob Paxson Temple (1880–1924), Tanguy, Pennsylvania; consigned to [Anderson Galleries, New York, Collection of Jacob Paxson Temple, March 1–3, 1923]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1923; given to MFAH, 1969.

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