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Creamware Pitcher

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1796-1800

GUSN

GUSN-103648

Description

Creamware pitcher with Bowman and Patterson family coat of arms painted on each side, beneath the spout is the Massachusetts coat of arms.

Details

Descriptive Terms

pitchers (vessels)
creamware
paint (coating)
Pitcher

Inscription

Front: "ENSE, PETIT PLACIDAM SUB LIBERTATE QUIETEM. / THE GIFT OF / SAMUEL PATTERSON." Right side: "THE ARMS OF BOWMAN" Left side: "THE ARMS OF PATTERSON" (Painted)

Associated Person

Bowman, Jonathan, 1735-1804
Patterson, Samuel, Mr.

Associated Building

Used At Bowman-Carney House (Dresden, Me.),

Additional Identification Number

3376

Maker

Probably Herculaneum (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

Liverpool, England

Dimensions

9 7/8 x 7 x 10 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Museum Purchase

Accession Number

2008.37

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