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
Label
This cream jug is free blown, meaning no molds were used to create its shape. Its “lily-pad” decoration is formed by applying an outer layer of glass to the body and tooling it into the desired form. This type of decoration has no known European prototypes and is considered an American stylistic innovation. Such fancifully decorated tableware was thought to have been made after hours by the craftsmen who worked in the window glass factories in southern New Jersey and upstate New York.
From the 2019 exhibition American Art, Colonial to Modern, curated by Barbara J. MacAdam, Jonathan L. Cohen Curator of American Art
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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