Cream Jug (Lily Pad)
Unknown American, American
probably New Jersey
about 1840-1865
Greenish-aqua lead glass, free blown and tooled with applied "lily-pad" decoration
Overall: 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Florence and Lansing Porter Moore 1937 Fund
2009.2.1
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Food Service
Research Area
Decorative Arts
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed in ballpoint pen on round gummed label on bottom: LILY PAD / NY. 340 / DICK WOOD / 1955
Exhibition History
American Art, Colonial to Modern, Israel Sack Gallery and Rush Family Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 26, 2019-September 12, 2021.
Israel Sack Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 2, 2009-present.
Publication History
Auction 7. Delmarva Acquisitions and Appraisals. Auction, Dec. 4, 2006, lot 1, color illus. [did not sell.].
2006 Americana Auction, August 4-6, 2006. Northeast Auctions, Manchester, NH, 2006, p. 293, lot 1831 (color illus.)
Provenance
Dick Wood [glass dealer, Baltimore area], 1955; Northeast Auctions, 2006 Americana Auction, Manchester, New Hampshire, August 6, 2006, lot 1831; sold to Art and Kathy Green (dealers), Newton Centre, Massachusetts; sold to present collection, 2009.
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