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Cobalt "Saratoga Pitcher" Commissioned

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Worthington, Ohio, US

Cobalt "Saratoga Pitcher" by Carl Erickson who was commissioned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MMA) to reproduce it.  The pitcher is 10" high and 7.5" wide.  The original pitcher came from Saratoga NY in the early 1900's.  It has a polished pontil on the bottom and the letter "M" which stands for MMA.   In…

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Worthington, Ohio, United States (US)

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Cobalt "Saratoga Pitcher" by Carl Erickson who was commissioned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MMA) to reproduce it.  The pitcher is 10" high and 7.5" wide.  The original pitcher came from Saratoga NY in the early 1900's.  It has a polished pontil on the bottom and the letter "M" which stands for MMA.   In the forward to the "Erickson Freehand Glass" book by the Knowers, Bradford Kelleher of the MMA explained why the "M" was added:  "Mr. Erickson's reproductions were so successful in capturing the character of the original works of art that one of the leading American experts expressed concern that they might easily be mistaken for the antique glass itself…."