Matt Johnson Olive Amber Stoddard Lily Pad Pitcher

Updated August 27, 2026

Lot number	88
Auction	September 13th Antique Bottles and Glass Catalog Auction
Date	September 13, 2026 at 5:00 PM EDT
Auction house	The Glass Exchange
Location	Essex, Maryland

Olive amber blown glass footed pitcher. Large pitcher with applied disk foot and applied heavy lily pad type decoration. Solid applied handle and oversized terminal. Blown at South Stoddard Glass Works 1846 – 1860. These heavily decorted lily pad pitchers are generally thought to be the work of the glass blower Matthew Johnson who worked at South Stoddard during the period 1846 to about 1860. He also was employed at numerous other glass houses from New Jersey through New York and also Canada. Having a reputation as a notorious drunkard, he was often fired from his position and moved on to work at another glass factory. This has helped glass scholars to trace his movements and the evolution of these style lily pad pitchers through various glass houses he was employed at during the 19th century. Matt Johnson attributed pitchers are considered one of the top desirable pieces of early American blown glass. For a similar example, see plate 73 in Mckearin's American Glass. This example was discovered in a cupboard on Nantucket Island in the 1920s and has remained in the same family since. This is the first time this pitcher has ever been offered for public sale. Condition: There is an approximately 3 1/2 inch crack extending from the top of the lip where the handle was applied down to the tip of a lily pad and then extends over an additional 3/4s of an inch. No other damage. The crack has been there for as long as the pitcher has been in the consignor's family. Measures approximately 6 1/2 inches wide including the handle x 8 1/2 inches tall.

Matt Johnson Olive Amber Stoddard Lily Pad Pitcher

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