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Invented and patented by James Stimpson of Baltimore in 1854, ice water pitchers insulated contents by means of metal or glass liners. Designers and manufacturers later improved upon Stimpson's original design, developing double-, triple-, and even quadruple-walled pitchers. As a result of their complex construction, the pitchers were heavy and unwieldy, prompting the development of tilting stands. By the 1870s, pitchers were commonly accompanied not only by stands, but also goblets like this one, waste bowls, and trays, as in the case of this set featuring engraved faux wood grain derived from contemporary Russian metalwork. The popularity of ice water pitcher sets peaked in the 1880s and declined rapidly when the advent of refrigeration and the subsequent establishment of ice plants rendered the form obsolete.
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Charles L. Venable, Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art; New York, New York; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994), 104, 334.
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TMS Update - GeoXref - place of origin - JBA (10/25/2017)
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I updated Provenance, Exhibition History, Bibliography, and Published References in TMS.
I added the following as a TMS text entry: Charles L. Venable, Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art; New York, New York; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994), 104, 334.
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[1] See Accession Screen (dated May 9, 1994, copy in Collections Records Object File).
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General Description
Invented and patented by James Stimpson of Baltimore in 1854, ice water pitchers insulated contents by means of metal or glass liners. Designers and manufacturers later improved upon Stimpson's original design, developing double-, triple-, and even quadruple-walled pitchers. As a result of their complex construction, the pitchers were heavy and unwieldy, prompting the development of tilting stands. By the 1870s, pitchers were commonly accompanied not only by stands, but also goblets like this one, waste bowls, and trays, as in the case of this set featuring engraved faux wood grain derived from contemporary Russian metalwork. The popularity of ice water pitcher sets peaked in the 1880s and declined rapidly when the advent of refrigeration and the subsequent establishment of ice plants rendered the form obsolete.
Adapted from
Charles L. Venable, Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art; New York, New York; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994), 104, 334.
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Notes
TMS Update - GeoXref - place of origin - JBA (10/25/2017)
updated rules - 9/12 (JBA)
I removed techniques from the Medium display field and added them as Getty Vocabulary terms.
I updated Provenance, Exhibition History, Bibliography, and Published References in TMS.
I added the following as a TMS text entry: Charles L. Venable, Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor (Dallas, Texas: Dallas Museum of Art; New York, New York; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1994), 104, 334.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
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RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
Until 1994: Mary S. Butler, Commerce, Texas [1]
From 1994: Dallas Museum of Art, purchased from the above [1]
[1] See Accession Screen (dated May 9, 1994, copy in Collections Records Object File).
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