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Pitcher

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1834-1848

GUSN

GUSN-25371

Description

Pitcher: Large shaped mouth w/ applied shaped, spurred handle, footed base. Pearl glaze over brown and white decoration. Depicted: Oriental buildings in background w/ shepherd, shepherdess and antelopes in foreground. Labeled "G. Phillips/ Parisian" on bottom.

Details

Descriptive Terms

pitchers (vessels)
earthenware
figure- and animal-derived motifs
antelopes
buildings (structures)
shepherds
Earthenware
Unidentified Building
Shepherd
Shepherdess
Antelope
Parisian
PITCHER

Associated Building

Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Phillips, George (Maker)

Location of Origin

Longport, England, Staffordshire

Dimensions

9.5 x 9.5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman

Accession Number

1985.503.2

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