Featured Glass Lemonade Pitcher with Engraving, Silver Rim

This is a beautiful old pitcher but unfortunately has a heat check crack, so I guess I'll use it as a vase. Still, I'd love to know who made it.

It's 7 5/8" tall to the rim. The handle is engraved with circles. The flower and leaf design is also engraved and encircles the piece along with vertical lines.

The glass is optic, and the bottom has a slightly concave silver dollar size polished pontil. The glass glows a dusky yellow under UV light.

The bottom has a lot of shelf wear but I can make out the numbers 403 or 4031.

The hammered silver rim is marked with a sort of H followed by either 656 or 658.

Thanks for looking and for any help!

 

Beautiful pitcher - too bad about the crack. I'd be thinking "Sangria" at the summer picnic table!!

 

We're more "sweet tea on the back steps" people . It's quite usable, actually. The crack is on the side of the handle, on the outside of the glass under the silver. I've used it a few times, just never known whodunnit.

 

I'd look at Hawkes - I'm never right when I hunt for cut glass engravers, but where I would look first.

 

Your pitcher takes my breath away, it is so lovely.

 

Thank you! We don't do much formal entertaining any more, but I've loved using it. The crack doesn't appear to affect the stability, so I've used it for a water pitcher at the table or on the bar--really pretty with candle light around it.