Collection Highlights
Chatelaine
Date:
ca. 1761
Object Number:
1954.179a-d
Medium:
Silver gilt, gold, enamel, ivory, chalcedony, glass, paint
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Cream jug
Object Number:
INV.3745
Date:
1815-1841
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/4 x 4 7/8 x 3 in. ( 10.8 x 12.4 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Colorless, nonlead glass pitcher blown in a 3-part mold (McKearin G III-16); barrel-shaped body with cylindrical neck flared at rim and pulled out for spout; rounded handle crimped at lower terminal; faint vertical ribbing around rim with horizontal rings and diagonal ribbing below; between horizontal rings, 3 repeat panels of diamond diapering and bulls' eye sunburst; vertical ribbing around base; rayed bottom (type VI-A); pontil mark.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
