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Cream pitcher

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1900-1920

GUSN

GUSN-18887

Description

Cream pitcher, blue and white w/ phoenix-bird and foliate transfer pattern; body straight w/o curves; toothlike border around rim.

Details

Descriptive Terms

creamers
glazing (coating)
porcelain
transfer printing
tin (metal)
festoon (motif)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
Porcelain
Transfer Printed
Tin Glazed
Phoenix
Foliate Garland
PITCHER, CREAM

Inscription

Painted on bottom: ""MADE IN JAPAN""

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

2.75 x 3.5 (HxW), 2.5 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.1076.2

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