"Crown Milano" cracker jar
Mount Washington Glassworks
(active 1837–1894)
Pairpoint Manufacturing Company, New Bedford
(active 1880–1938)
about 1893–1900
Object PlaceNew Bedford, Massachusetts
Medium/TechniqueGlass, blown molded, stained and gilded; silvperplate; applied "jewels"
Dimensions15.24 cm (6 in.)
Credit LineGift of The New Bedford Glass Society, Inc.
Accession number1992.87a-b
On View
Not on viewClassificationsGlass
Collections
ProvenanceOctober 6, 1989, sold by Skinner Auctions, Boston to The New Bedford Glass Museum; 1992, gift of The New Bedford Glass Society, Inc. (d/b/a New Bedford Glass Museum) to the MFA [see note]. (Accession date: March 25, 1992)
Note: The New Bedford Glass Soceity, Inc. declared bankruptcy in 1991 and was dissolved in 1992
Note: The New Bedford Glass Soceity, Inc. declared bankruptcy in 1991 and was dissolved in 1992
about 1830–50
early 19th century
mid-19th century
early 19th century
1886–91
4th–5th century A.D.
after 1838
about 1821–25
about 1926
about 1924–25
about 1922–25