Pitcher
- Object Name:
- Pitcher
- Object ID:
- 1967.040.03
- Place of Origin:
- Staffordshire, England
- Date:
- circa 1865
- Description:
- Pitcher, cream. Soft paste porcelain. Bulbous body tapering to short spout. With a scroll handle and shallow base ring. Mold lines present. White body with applied blue sprig decoration. Sprigs are of grape clusters and vines. No marks.
- Material:
- Ceramic
Porcelain - Soft paste - Dimensions:
- H-4.85 W-4.8 Dia-3.8 inches
- Provenance:
- Tea set with history of being "bought for Angeline Nutting Bailey by her husband Willis W. Bailey (1831-1907) of Merrimack, N.H., on his return from the civil war."
Donor wrote, "my grandmother was given the set a good many years ago and only used it on extraordinary occasions." Donor's grandmother was Angeline Nutting Bailey (1831-1907) of Mason, Merrimack, and Hillsboro, NH. Donor also wrote, "I have been left or given [the set] with the proviso that it be given to [the New Hampshire Historical Society]." - Credit Line:
- Gift of Harald W. Abbott
- Subjects:
- Tea, Tea ceremonies, Imports, Trade
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