Boston and Sandwich Glass Co.
Cream Jug

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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

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Department

Bayou Bend

Object Type

GLASS

Description

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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