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Cream Pitcher

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1878

GUSN

GUSN-15729

Description

White porcelain creamer with black crabstock handle and feathery leaves painted in green, pink, brown, and violet.

Details

Descriptive Terms

creamers
hand-painted
porcelain
Vessel, Drink Serving
Pitcher
Pitcher, Cream
Pitcher, Cream

Label

In exhibit "One Woman's Work: The Visual Art of Celia Thaxter" at the Portsmouth Athenaeum June 29- September 29, 2001, at SPNEA's One Bowdoin Square Gallery October 2001- April 2002, and at Museum of New Hampshire History May- September 2002.

Inscription

"Celia Thaxter 1878" (Painted in black)

Maker

Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894 (Painter)

Location of Origin

Isles of Shoals, ME, USA

Dimensions

3 (H), 2 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Margaret Jewell

Accession Number

1932.551

Places

Maine (United States)
Appledore Island (York county, Maine) [island]

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