Pitcher (Alaskan scene)
Decorative Arts and Design
On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MEDIUM
Glass
DATES
1867
DIMENSIONS
9 3/4 x 8 3/4 x 5 in. (24.8 x 22.2 x 12.7 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
40.209a
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Mrs. William Greig Walker by subscription
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Colorless pressed glass pitcher; en suite with goblets 40.209b-c. Cylindrical body tapers toward bottom; supported on short round pedestal base; top edge swoops up to form wide spout and undulating rim; opposing handle formed by strip of applied molten glass. Body decorated with three Alaskan scenes in frosted glass: a seal resting on an iceberg in the water; a seal a seal on an iceberg with a second seal poking its head out of the water; a large polar bear standing on the ice. These three registers are framed by a frosted border simulating ice.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
CAPTION
Crystal Glass Company (Bridgeport, Ohio). Pitcher (Alaskan scene), 1867. Glass, 9 3/4 x 8 3/4 x 5 in. (24.8 x 22.2 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. William Greig Walker by subscription, 40.209a. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 40.209a_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 40.209a_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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