Artist/Maker
Mount Washington Glass Company
fl. 1870-1894
Place MadeNew Bedford, MASSACHUSETTS, United States
Title
Pitcher
Date 1890
Mediumglass
Dimensions8 × 6 in. (20.3 × 15.2 cm)
Donor credit lineNew Bedford Glass Museum Collection Transfer
Object number1992.100.338
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionAn opaque white mold-blown glass pitcher with a panelled body, an applied opaque white glass ribbed handle, painted enamelled blue decoration depicting Dutch landscape, a gilded floral decoration at the neck, and a mark on the bottom reading "2725/216." Colonial ware was another, later, iteration of Opal ware, in an effort to keep the ware relevant, Mount Washington adapted to the Colonial Revival fad that was emerging at the end of the nineteenth On View
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