Lusterware pitcher w/ relief griffin and classical scene; engine-turned neck and base; foliated scroll handle; luster has coppery/ purple tint; leaf shaped spout.
pitchers (vessels)
appliqué (technique)
earthenware
turning (shaping process)
lusterware
figure- and animal-derived motifs
Classical
Earthenware
Applied
Lusterware
Griffin
Classical Figure
engine turned
PITCHER
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Unknown
7.25 x 9.5 (HxW), 5.25 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.523
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