MakerPossibly
Boston and Sandwich Glass Co.(American, 1826–1888)American, 1826–1888
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Cream Jug
Datec. 1825–1840
Made inSandwich, Massachusetts, United States
MediumLead glass
Dimensions4 3/8 × 3 × 4 1/8 in. (11.2 × 7.6 × 10.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.69.477
Non exposé
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Department
Bayou BendObject Type
This cream jug varies from most pattern molded examples, which usually have flat bottoms rather than a flared foot (see B.69.468). Fragments of cream jugs and small decanters with this unusual pattern have been found at the Boston and Sandwich site.
Related examples: An identical one at Toledo (Wilson 1994, p. 224, no. 255).
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.
Provenance[George S. McKearin, Hoosick Falls, New York]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1925; given to MFAH, 1969.
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c. 1860–1880
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