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Pinched oval shape w/ pointy, slightly upturned mouth and ear-shaped handle w/ green leaf in relief on spine and under mouth; green-edged palmette border around base; blue orange and green stylized florette chain around rim; 2 heart-shaped medallions trained? in boughs depict: 1) "Sportive Innocence"--girl, boy, doll and dog standing and 2) "Mischievous sport"--girl and boy frolicking w/ satyr? mask; titles of scenes impressed beneath them.
pitchers (vessels)
earthenware
glazing (coating)
leaf (plant material)
foliation (pattern)
leaf (metal)
Pratt ware
molding (forming)
relief (sculpture techniques)
tin (metal)
childhood
figure- and animal-derived motifs
dog (animal)
dolls
fleuron (motifs)
girls
leaf (plant material)
foliation (pattern)
leaf (metal)
Earthenware
Tin Glazed
Relief Molded
Prattware
Leaf
Floret
Girl
Boy
Doll
Dog
Childhood
PITCHER
Unknown
7.5 (H) (inches)
Bequest of Mrs. Eva R. Greeley
1939.376
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