Pattern Name:PIGS IN CORN

Pattern Motif:Animals

Glass Type:Non-Flint

Era:1870s

Description:50 Favorites - 21 Like Ostrich Looking At the Moon, Pigs in Corn represents yet another whimsical and naturalistic pattern of the 1870s or 1880s. It has charmed collectors from the start, with S.T. Millard noting it was "very much sought" and Alice Hulett Metz remarking the pattern was "much wanted and scarce." A full-page illustration of the goblet was featured on the cover of Glass Club Bulletin, where it was chamioned by Metz as an example of outstanding pattern-glass design. Two variants of the pattern have been recorded. In one, the corn husk to the left of the ear is bent. In the other, the bend occurs in the husk to the right. Doris and Peter Unitt tentatively suggest that this pattern, found only in goblet form, was made by Burlington Glass Works in Canada. They cite the fact that one was listed as Canadian in a Sotheby auction catalog. Some substantive evidence will be required, however, before Pigs in Corn can be attributed to a specific factory with any degree of confidence. (50 Favorites catalogue) U1, p.185; M1, p. 96