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Cream jug

Cream jug
Object name 
Cream jug
Date 
1835-1865
Medium 
Glass
Dimensions 
Overall: 5 x 5 x 4 in. ( 12.7 x 12.7 x 10.2 cm )
Description 
Blue blown glass cream jug with "lily-pad" decoration; spherical body with tall cylindrical neck with flared and tooled rim pulled out to form spout, second gather of glass tooled up into four peaks, third gather of glass over second gather tooled up into four peaks, applied handle with curled end, and applied disc foot with pincered edges and blow pipe mark on underside.
Credit Line 
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number 
1952.169
Gallery Label 
The use of a third gather of glass is extremely rare.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.