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Pitcher

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1795-1820

GUSN

GUSN-7772

Description

Canary yellow, painted with rust-colored mapleleaf motif. Barrel-like bulbous body rising from recessed bottom, swelling at shoulders and terminating in a cylindrical neck with curvilinear spout. Applied C-shaped handle with black overglaze trim.

Details

Descriptive Terms

pitchers (vessels)
earthenware
glazing (coating)
painting (coating)
tin (metal)
leaf (plant material)
maple (wood)
Earthenware
Tin Glazed
Painted
Mapleleaf
PITCHER

Associated Building

Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

4.25 x 5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan

Accession Number

1949.711

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