Pitcher

Dorflinger Glass Works

1890 · Cut blown glass · The American Wing

The glass factories founded by Alsatian émigré Christian Dorflinger were arguably among the most significant glass factories in operation from the mid to late nineteenth century. His first factory was in Brooklyn, New York, from which he relocated his operations to White Mills, Pennsylvania, where this object was made. This cylindrical pitcher with elaborately cut designs represents the fine quality of glass and accomplished cutting for which they were renowned. It descended in the family of Christian Dorflinger.

Artist

Dorflinger Glass Works

Date

1890

Medium

Cut blown glass

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Gift of Katheryn Hait Dorflinger Manchee, 1974