Antique Mckee Cut Glass Handled Creamer EAPG Nortec Pres-Cut 1904 Tec pattern

Rare vintage 1905 PRES CUT NORTEC AKA Centipede by McKee smoke/light purple or grey depending on your opinion glass Handled Creamer or small juice pitcher. Measures: 4 1/8" H to top of handle. Wonderful used condition for its age. Handle has a small hairline scratch, please see photos. Nortec, is part of McKee’s collection of “tec” patterns. The “tec” patterns, as they have come to be known, are a line of 18 patterns all named with the suffix “tec”. In 1904, McKee was granted a patent for the Pres-Cut trademark. The trademark was used on pressed glassware that imitated the fine cut glass of the time. McKee introduced its new line with two patterns that had already been part of the line under National Glass, and later in 1904, they added Nortec, another former National Glass pattern. Often known by the popular name, Centipede, Nortec’s delightfully elegant yet unpretentious pattern consists of a 6-pointed star alternating with a reverse herringbone centipede motif.