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Pitcher

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1855-1880

GUSN

GUSN-7804

Description

Vitrified white body with straight sides. Circular bottom, slightly recessed with impressed mold marks. Lower half with molded horizontal ribbing and matte finish. Matte blue mineral glaze on upper body in jasperware tradition; applied molded leaf-sprig decoration. Molded rope-twist handle.

Details

Descriptive Terms

pitchers (vessels)
glazing (coating)
impressing
stoneware (pottery)
leaf (plant material)
foliation (pattern)
leaf (metal)
molding (forming)
reeding
tin (metal)
leaf (plant material)
foliation (pattern)
leaf (metal)
Stoneware
Tin Glazed
Jasper Ware
Impressed
Molded
Ribbed
Leaf
Sprig
PITCHER

Inscription

Impressed mark: 24/L Incised mark: 943

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan

Accession Number

1949.593

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