"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 view

ClassificationsGlass

Collections

Americas

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