Collection Highlights
Illustrations of cholera asphyxia in its different stages. Selected from cases treated at the Cholera Hospital, Rivington Street
Date:
1832
Object Number:
LIB.Y1832.Bart.Cholera
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pitcher: creamer
Object Number:
INV.4009
Date:
1830-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/4 x 5 3/4 x 3 1/8 in. ( 10.8 x 14.6 x 7.9 cm )
Description:
Colorless, lead glass; pressed. Creamer with cylindrical shape; high lip; stippled background; row of chevrons below rim; followed by vertical ribbing, single row of chain decoration, single row of beading and a row of Gothic arches around lower part of body; handle, pressed in one piece with body, with thumbrest at top and fingerstop at bottom; round scalloped base.
Gallery Label:
Fragments of this pattern have been found at the site of the Boston & Sandwich glass factory (see "American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass," p. 69) (illustrated, p. 69, #162; BIB# 30457).
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
