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Stoneware pitcher. Bulbous body with oversized wide flaring mouth, circular foot, and strap handle. Decorated with applied, molded Bacchanalian figures and grapevine motif. Two-tone brown glaze.
pitchers (vessels)
stoneware (pottery)
molding (forming)
Vessel, Drink Serving
Pitcher
Pitcher
"GOOD IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH / BEST IS NOT TOO MUCH" (Molded)
40.1983
Doulton Lambeth (Manufacturer)
Lambeth, England
8 1/8 (H), 5 3/4 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of E.B. & Rosamond Sears
1987.1467
Lambeth (Lambeth, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom) [neighborhood]
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