Topic: Red crackle Pitcher - ID Request

[Otis Orlando]

Hi,   I've had this little jug for a while and unable to find one with this shaped scalloped edge.    Does anyone know who  made this and the period?   The height is 8.9cm, base dia. 5.6cm.  The jagged snapped off pontil dia. is 2.1cm dia. approx.   

[Lustrousstone]

Your pictures are tiny     and can we have a straight on side shot so we can see the shape

[Paul S.]

hello Otis.            Unfortunately, possibly because of the picture scale, I'm not able to see the ice crackle effect  -  I take it that this really is crackle glass??

[Otis Orlando]

My apologies!  Are these o.k christine as I am currently having problems with resizing my images?   Definately crackle glass Paul.

[Lustrousstone]

Much, but I don't have an answer

[Paul S.]

thanks Otis.

[Otis Orlando]

 

[Paul S.]

thinking out loud - just one or two thoughts.......

the fact that the rim doesn't have a pouring lip, but does have a handle, seems an anomaly  -  it's easy to imagine the piece as a vase perhaps, but the inclusion of a handle seems visually wrong.

Cranberry with a clear handle might have looked more appropriate.

Ice crackle glass is, at times, quite common, and I must have seen just about every colour that's been used, but from memory red seems a far less common colour for this effect.

Bearing in mind the height, I would have thought a 'pitcher' (in the water sense) very unlikely  -  more probably a milk or cream jug.

thinking of the rim scallop, the red body and clear handle - the States 'Krys-Tol' wares come to mind, although I think that particular red was much darker.

Can say for certain, however, that reference the handle, it was made post about 1860

[Otis Orlando]

Hi  Paul,  had a look at Krys-Tol Glass even though I have not heard of them before.  I do see what you mean about the depth of colour on the pieces I've seen.   I even thought it might be Murano Glass but not able to find any similarities. soley, based upon the period you have mentioned, I will try and do some more research later.   Thank you ever so much for your help.  Very much appreciated!