Pitcher: pocket bottle

1769-1774

Place madePennsylvania, United States, North America

Glass

Overall: 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 3 in. ( 14 x 9.5 x 7.6 cm )

Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair

1952.195

Henry William Stiegel's American Flint Glass Works in Manheim, PA was one of the first successfully opperated glass houses in Colonial America. This bottle is attributed to Stiegel on the basis of similar examples that were found in Pennsylvania and northern Maryland, and the absence of any known European or English counterparts.

DescriptionAmethyst, non-lead, blown glass pocket bottle with cylindrical, flared neck, compressed spherical body pattern-molded with two rows of five diamonds each containing a twelve-petal flower over thirty vertical ribs (the so-called diamond and daisy pattern), and a push-up with a pontil mark.

ClassificationsGLASS