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Small ceramic pitcher with loop handle. Wide base tapers up to a narrow neck. Wide brim at mouth of pitcher with small indent as a spout. Brim, handle, and flat bottom are painted brown. Body of pitcher has hand painted decoration of purple violets with inscribed text "Hill's Devon Violets". Double string tied around neck of pitcher.
pitchers (vessels)
ceramic (material)
Pitcher
"Hill's/Devon/Violets" (Cut into surface of pitcher, highlighted in brown paint)
"GENUINE/DEVON POTTERY/MADE IN/ENGLAND" (Stamped in all capital letters, black ink)
"PALMERS/LIMITED/MONTREAL" (Circular paper label with silver text on yellow ground)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
Devon Pottery (Manufacturer)
Palmers Limited (Retailer)
England
2 1/2 (H) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.1673
England (United Kingdom) [country]
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