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Pitcher

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1890-1910

GUSN

GUSN-4497

Description

Molded globular body with narrow neck and shaped curvilinear spouted mouth; C-scroll handle terminating in molded device; foot ring; white clay body with underglaze green transfer print; "Utica" pattern; alternating stripes of carnations and stylized leaves with geometric and floral border; cartouche border at lip.

Details

Descriptive Terms

pitchers (vessels)
earthenware
ironstone (pottery)
leaf (plant material)
foliation (pattern)
leaf (metal)
vitrification
transfer printing
underglazing
floral patterns
flowers (plants)
leaf (plant material)
foliation (pattern)
leaf (metal)
Ironstone
Earthenware
Semi-Vitrified
Utica
Transfer Printed
Underglazed
Carnation
Leaf
PITCHER

Inscription

Printed mark: ""Minton""

Pattern

Utica

Associated Building

Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),

Maker

Minton (Maker)

Location of Origin

Stoke-on-Trent, England, Staffordshire; England

Dimensions

11.25 x 9.5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler

Accession Number

1977.723.2

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