Circular bulbous body with scalloped curvinlinear mouth with spout at front; molded scroll handle; underglaze blue and green; overglaze iron red; gilt and pink lustre decoration in floral sprigs and large blossoms in "Gaudy Dutch" tradition; lustre bands at shoulder and foot; brown highlights on handle and spout.
creamers
gilding
overglazing
porcelain
soft paste porcelain
underglazing
floral patterns
Dutch
Soft-Paste Porcelain
Porcelain
Underglazed
Overglazed
Gilded
Gaudy Dutch
Floral
PITCHER, CREAM
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
England
3.375 x 5.75 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.557.3
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