ITEM 6710. PATTERN MOLDED CREAMER,
clear flint glass, 15 vertical ribs, barrel shaped with applied
solid glass handle, pontil scar, 5 7/8"H, tooled rim with
pour spout, mint. Blown at a Pittsburgh Glass House, C. 1820.
This beautifully rendered lead glass creamer would have originally
adorned a Sheraton table in the dining room of a well-to-do Pittsburgh
family. Nationalistic sentiment reached fevered heights after
the War of 1812 and the presence of refined local glass on the
table was considered not only as a sign of good taste but also
a reflection of the owner's devotion to American Industry. Lowell
Iness pictures a nearly identical creamer in Plate 162 of "Pittsburgh
Glass."
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