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Pitcher

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1830-1850

GUSN

GUSN-11595

Description

The pitcher has a tall, straight neck with a curved spout on a bulbous body with a flared foot ring. It has a applied scrolled "C" shaped handle. It has a copper lustre glaze and is free-hand enameled in blue and yellow with a flowering vine about the neck and flowerheads at the body. The body of the interior has a clear glaze.

Details

Descriptive Terms

pitchers (vessels)
creamware
enameling
lusterware
floral patterns
Creamware
Enameled
Floral
Lusterware
PITCHER

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

England

Dimensions

6 (H) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.741

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