Teapot. Culture: American. Dimensions: 11 1/4 x 9 15/16 in. (28.6 x 25.2 cm). Maker: Wood and Hughes (1845-99). Date: 1862-63.Presented to Christian Dorflinger upon his retirement from the Long Island Flint Glass Works in 1863, this service (2006.90.1-4) is ornamented with meticulously chased scenes of the glassworks itself. The teapot depicts a back courtyard of the factory, with a loading dock and packing barrels, while the cream pot (2006.90.2) features a vignette of a gaffer at his bench finishing a blown glass pitcher. The finials, cast in the form of glassblowers, also reference Dorflinger's trade. Dorflinger was one of the most successful nineteenth-century American glassmakers, operating several factories in Brooklyn before his retirement. He later established a thriving glasshouse in White Mills, Pennsylvania. The Museum has two important glass items from Dorflinger's Brooklyn period: an 1859 presentation vase (1988.391.1) and an 1861 compote (1972.232.1) made for President a

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Teapot. Culture: American. Dimensions: 11 1/4 x 9 15/16 in. (28.6 x 25.2 cm). Maker: Wood and Hughes (1845-99). Date: 1862-63.Presented to Christian Dorflinger upon his retirement from the Long Island Flint Glass Works in 1863, this service (2006.90.1-4) is ornamented with meticulously chased scenes of the glassworks itself. The teapot depicts a back courtyard of the factory, with a loading dock and packing barrels, while the cream pot (2006.90.2) features a vignette of a gaffer at his bench finishing a blown glass pitcher. The finials, cast in the form of glassblowers, also reference Dorflinger's trade. Dorflinger was one of the most successful nineteenth-century American glassmakers, operating several factories in Brooklyn before his retirement. He later established a thriving glasshouse in White Mills, Pennsylvania. The Museum has two important glass items from Dorflinger's Brooklyn period: an 1859 presentation vase (1988.391.1) and an 1861 compote (1972.232.1) made for President a

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