Cream Pitcher Manufacturer: attributed to American Flint Glass Manufactory (American, 1764–1774)
Proprietor: Henry William Stiegel, American, 1729–1785

1769–74

American Decorative Arts

On view, 1st floor, American Decorative Arts before 1900

With its cabriole legs, lion masks, and paw feet, this cream jug parallels silver and ceramic designs of the second quarter of the eighteenth century. It is attributed to Henry William Stiegel, a successful iron master who opened a glasshouse in Manheim, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in 1764. Such American manufacturing ventures faced stiff competition from English and Continental imports. Stiegel was able to keep his glasshouse operating until 1774, aided by the nonimportation agreements of the late 1760s that removed fashionable English table glass from the market.

Medium

Mold-blown potash-lime glass

Dimensions

4 5/8 × 3 5/8 × 3 in. (11.75 × 9.21 × 7.62 cm)

Credit Line

Mabel Brady Garvan Collection

Accession Number

1930.1648

Geography

Made in Manheim, Pennsylvania

Culture

American

Period

18th century

Classification

Containers

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Provenance
Mrs. William B. (Margaret L.) Montague, Norristown, Pa., by 1929; by purchase to Francis P. Garvan, New York, 1929; by gift to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • American Art: Selections from the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2023), 68–69, no. 18, ill
  • John Stuart Gordon, "American Glass: The Collections at Yale," Antiques and the Arts Weekly (November 2, 2018), 30–31, ill
  • John Stuart Gordon, American Glass: The Collections at Yale (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2018), 9, 32, 34–35, 144, no. 10, ill
  • Handbook of the Collections, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992), 120, ill
  • John Stuart Gordon, "Time in a Bottle," Antiques 185, no. 5 (September/October 2018), 90, ill
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

creamers, utilitarian objects

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