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Pitcher

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1875-1877

GUSN

GUSN-202528

Description

Squat pitcher with curved spout. White interior and exterior glaze with painted raspberry colored band around middle and top rim. Small raspberry colored accents on handle. Molded flowers appear on either side of the handle.

Details

Descriptive Terms

pitchers (vessels)
ironstone (pottery)
Pitcher

Inscription

"IMPERIAL/IRONSTONE CHINA/COCKSON & SEDDON" (Text stamped under a lion and unicorn flanking a crowned oval shield, brown ink)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Maker

Cockson & Seddon (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

England

Dimensions

7 1/4 (H), 3 1/2 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.1710

Places

Stoke-on-Trent (Stoke-on-Trent, England, United Kingdom)

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