PITCHER, SYRUP
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1893
- Date Range To
- 1910
- Materials
- GLASS
- Catalogue Number
- P19641064000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1893
- Date Range To
- 1910
- Materials
- GLASS
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 14.6
- Diameter
- 8.2
- Description
- CRACKED ON BASE & ALSO ONE SIDE. 2 MOLD MARKS. RUBY GLASS TOP, CLEAR GLASS SPOUT AND BASE. BASE IN BUTTON AND DIAMOND PATTERN. "FINLEY N.D." ON FRONT.
- Subjects
- FOOD SERVICE T&E
- Historical Association
- DOMESTIC
- History
- LIKELY MANUFACTURED IN PITTSBURG. RUBY GLASS MOST COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH SOUVENIRS OF FAIRS & EXPOSITIONS. MADE FROM PRESSED GLASS, THE RED COLOR IS OBTAINED BY "FLASHING," OR STAINING PART OF THE PIECE WITH A RED TINT, CHEAPER THAN PRODUCING TRUE COLORED GLASS. WORDS USUALLY ETCHED OR BLOCKED ONTO GLASS. RUBY GLASS IS MOST COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH 1904 ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION WHERE IT SOLD IN LARGE QUANTITIES. FIRST INTRODUCED AS A SOUVENIR AT THE 1893 CHICAGO EXPOSITION. SOURCE: PICTORIAL SOUVENIRS & COMMERATIVES OF NORTH AMERICA, F. STEFANO JR. 1976 & 1894 MONTGOMERY WARD CATALOG.
- Catalogue Number
- P19641064000
- Acquisition Date
- 1964-06
- Collection
- Museum
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