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Pitcher

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1790-1810

GUSN

GUSN-19806

Description

White Queen's ware pitcher w/ molded hunt scene and silver luster rim; top portion of handle w/ silver luster; relief scne w/ horses, hunters and hunting dogs catching a fox.

Details

Descriptive Terms

pitchers (vessels)
glazing (coating)
molding (forming)
pearlware
tin (metal)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
dog (animal)
foxes (animals)
horse (animal)
hunting
hunters (people)
Molded
Tin Glazed
Horse
Huntsmen
Dog
Fox
Hunting
Pearlware
PITCHER

Inscription

Paper label (pencilled) on bottom: ""Hunt ? by Wedgwood in 1800--silver lustre & Queen's ware""

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Possibly Wedgwood (Maker)

Location of Origin

England

Dimensions

6.5 x 8 (HxW), 5.75 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.646

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