Water Goblet, Westward Ho
Artist
Gillinder & Sons
(American, founded 1861)
Datec. 1879
Mediumpressed glass
Dimensions6 5/8 × 3 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (16.8 × 8.3 × 8.3 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number41.18.14.A
ClassificationsFood Services
DescriptionOne of six pieces; American; Westward Ho or Pioneer pattern; simple pedestal base; typically etched patternLabel TextGillinder & Sons introduced this glassware with the pattern name of Pioneer. A popular name for the set is Westward Ho! Both names refer to the optimism of settlers coming into the American West. The glassware features a pattern with a neat and sturdy log cabin in a wooded setting. A leaping deer and a bellicose buffalo indicate that nature still thrives where the settlers make a home. An Indian appears only as a finial, the decorative knob for covered pieces. The pose presents him as a kneeling figure. This characterizes him as bowing to the inevitable place of the pioneer. This viewpoint ignores many of the ramifications of relentless settlement. Connect with R.S. Buswell’s Bedroom.
ProvenanceRuby W. Schwab, Houston, Texas; purchased April 4, 1959 through (Mrs. Doris Connor, 4113 Leeland, Houston 3, Texas) by H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art
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