Topic: Please Help ID a Syrup Pitcher with Pewter? Lid marked C&W Pat Jul. 16. 72

[honeybeee]

Vintage syrup pitcher/dispenser and I am looking to see if anyone recognizes the pattern and/or manufacturer

Marked C&W Pat Jul.16.72, but that's marked on the lid and my just be the maker of the pewter... possibly?

Body of glass has mold marks and handle looks like it was blown & attached.

That's about all I know about this piece.

Thanks in advance for any info you can provide!

Honey

[Paul S.]

Hello Honey  -  Fairly certain I'm going in the wrong direction, but will just ask the question anyway.   I take it that the pewter mark really does have the '&' in the middle - and reason for asking is (as you may know) there is the Mark CW for Colonial Williamsburg, who were/are big in Pewter design for table ware pieces (am I correct in thinking you are in the States).    I am thinking that the glass body is mould blown - although with my very limited experience I don't think that you would use the same description for the handle.     You need an expert to advise you.

[Sid]

Hello

The patent was for the metal lid - see http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=94RBAAAAEBAJ&dq=jug+%22july+16,+1872%22.  This patent was held by Homer Wright who assigned 2/3 of his rights to Benjamin Collins and Henry Collins.  All of whom were partners in Collins & Wright of Pittsburgh, PA.  Among other things, this company made metal trimmings for glass tableware.  Ref:  History of Pittsburgh and environs, Volume 1, p220.

I don't know who made the glass pitcher.  The body is mould blown and the handle was applied by hand.

Sid

[jsmeasell]

Good work on the patent, Sid. This is a pretty typical plain "molasses can" of the 1870-1880s and could have been made by many of the Pittsburgh-area tableware factories or plants in other cities such as Wheeling. The handle is solid glass, so it is gathered and applied by a skilled finisher: stick the bottom first, draw it out a bit and cut off; stick the top; then use a carbon rod to bring the handle to its final shape. I would like to see down inside the metal cover, but I suspect the handle was applied while the body was still on the blowpipe. Otherwise, you would have to have a snap to hold the piece by the top or the bottom.

[Sid]

Jim

Thanks for the kind words.  I enjoyed the hour I put into that search because I learned a few things myself that will be useful in the future.

Wonder what happened to the orginal poster?

Sid