Pitcher

1820-1835

Measurements

7-3/16 in x 7-1/2 in x 5-1/16 in (dia)

Materials

Colorless lead glass

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, gift of Mrs. John T Geoghegan

Accession Number

1983.119

Comments

The body of this blown glass pitcher tapers to the bottom.  At the wide shoulder, the pitcher curves inward to the slightly flared neck.  The large spout is opposite a plain, applied handle.  The rim, which curves downward towards the handle, has a sawtooth-cut edge except at the spout and near the handle.  The pitcher is ornately cut in a variation of strawberry-diamond decoration within a panel defined by vertical grooves.  The rear of the pitcher is uncut.  The spout has draped grooves, and the body is faceted around to bottom.  A sixteen-point star is cut into the underside.  For comparison to a rounder example Bakewell glass from Pittsburgh, see no. 51  in Arlene Palmer, Artistry and Innovation in Pittsburgh Glass, 1808-1882 (2005).