Pitcher, Cream
Object number94.110.30
Manufacturer
United States Glass Company
(1891 - 1962)
Date1890
Mediumglass
Credit LineBequest of Mrs. Harry G. Dunmire
DescriptionPressed colorless glass cream pitcher in Ruffles pattern or U.S. Glass pattern # 15,008.Dimensions4.25 x 3.125 x 5.25 in. (10.8 x 7.9 x 13.3 cm)Label TextRevolutions were occurring in the chemistry a well as the machinery of glassmaking. In 1864, William Leighton of Wheeling, W. Va., substituted cheap soda lime for expensive lead to produce clear, or colorless, glass. (Chemical additives create color in glass.) This, along with the press-mold, allowed clear glass objects with patterns—imitating more expensive lead-glass tableware—to be made affordable for a mass market. Window and bottle manufacturers followed up, improving the transparency of their products. By exposing glass to ultraviolet light, the lead formula is revealed
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