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1825-1850
GUSN-255012
Empire style form. Scalloped rim with broad spout, circular neck flares out at waist. Elaborately molded 'C' shaped handle. Blue transfer printed decoration of scrollwork and flowers inside mouth, on neck, lower body has romanticized African scene with 2 black figures in sailboat in front of half timbered two-story house with thatched roof. Marked with maker "W&C" and "African" on bottom.
pitchers (vessels)
earthenware
Pitcher
African
W&C
Thacher, Mary
Original To Winslow Crocker House (Yarmouth Port, Mass.),
232.1981
Unknown
England
8 3/16 x 9 3/4 (HxW) (inches)
Estate of Guido Perera
1999.437
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