
DESCRIPTION:
A late 19thC hand-blown bottle green glass small milk jug or creamer, with applied
handle, decorated with a white enamel scene of a child with a butterfly on its finger tip.
MARY GREGORY:
Mary Gregory is the name used for a type of glass that is easily identified,
white figures were hand-painted on clear or coloured glass as the decoration.
The figures chosen were usually children at play. The first glass known as Mary
Gregory was made about 1870. The traditional story has been that the glass
was decorated at the Sandwich Glass works in Boston, U.S.A., by Mary Gregory.
Recent research suggests that it is possible that none was made at Sandwich.
All-white figures were used in the United States of America, tinted faces
were used in Bohemia, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and England.
CONDITION:
No chips or cracks, with grit inclusions, some wear to decoration,
gilt loss, minor scratches and rough pontil mark to base.
DIMENSIONS:
Approximately 7 cm diameter excluding spout and handle X 9.5 cm height.