Name/Title
Mary Anderson's S.F. Mid Winter Fair Souvenir Glass Cream Pitcher, 1894Entry/Object ID
1982.55.29Description
Acc. No.82.55.29
Subject Category: Glass
Date or period: Circa-1894
Object: Pitcher, cream
Description: Ruby flashed cream pitcher with base and handle in clear glass. The base has an inverted thumbprint design, upper 1¼ inches of the pitcher is in ruby with etched engraving stating "Mary Anderson, Mid Winter Fair, 1894".
Size: 3 inches high, 2 inches across opening, 2 inches across base.
History of Object: Souvenir pitcher from the S. F. Mid Winter Fair, 1894, and owned by Mary Anderson, ward of the P. A. McDonell's who raised her on Bay Farm Island from the age of 13.
She married their nephew Edward R. McDonell, in 1900.
Acquired from: Ms. Roberta McDonell
Date: Sept 25, 1982Interpretative Labels
Label
2/24/2020 MvL:
Current label:
Mid Winter Fair, 1894 Golden Gate Park, SF
Ruby flashed souvenir glass with engraved names of Alameda residents:
(left) Mary Anderson, member of a pioneer farming family on Bay Farm Island
(right) Mrs. L. P. Twichell, widow of an early Alameda physician
