Pitcher

Object Name:

Pitcher

Object ID:

1914.014.062

Creator:

Wood, Enoch & Sons; Eights, James

Place of Origin:

Burslem Staffordshire, England (1819-46)

Date:

1825-1835

Description:

Pitcher. Blue transfer-printed earthenware; urn-shaped body, curving inward above projecting ring near top. Wide, outward curving circular base. "Olpe" handle (Handle replaced--probably not correctly, see Larsen, figs. 43, 44)and wide curves lip, arched above level of rim at handle. Underglaze, transfer-printed, design in deep blue. Scene obverse showing "Aqueduct Bridge at Rochester." Scene reverse showing "View of the Aqueduct Bridge at Little Falls" Remaining out surface decorated with all-over design of large flowers. Border of flowers at top of inner surface. Decorative bands of quatrefoils at inner and outer surface of rim. Printed mark on bottom. "VIEWS OF THE / ERIE CANAL". Impressed mark: "Wood". Paper label marked "Durgin" on bottom. Source of views: watercolors by James Eights. Engraved by Rawdon Clark, & Co. Albany. Published in Cadwallader, D. Colden's MEMOIR, 1825.

Material:

Ceramic
Earthenware - Transfer-printed

Dimensions:

H-7.75 W-3.5 D-5.9 Dia-6 inches

Provenance:

Ceramics collected by Martha E. Durgin (1833-1916) of Concord, NH. She began collecting in the late 1880s and donated the collection to the Society in 1914.

Credit Line:

Gift of Martha E. Durgin

People:

Durgin, Martha E. (1833-1916)

Subjects:

Aqueducts, Bridges