Pitcher

Title:

Lafayette at Washington's Tomb

Object Name:

Pitcher

Object ID:

1914.014.294

Creator:

Wood, Enoch and Sons; Mayer, Thomas; Jackson, D. W.

Place of Origin:

Burslem, Staffordshire, England

Date:

1818-1830

Description:

Pitcher. Blue transfer printed earthenware. Ovoid body, curving slightly outward at top above narrowed neck; curving inward at bottom and set on a rounded, convex, molded base. Outer surface ornamented with a continuous series of large molded arches with fringe-like decoration on each. S-scrolled handle and narrow, curved lip, arched above level of scalloped rim. Underglaze, transfer-printed design in deep blue. Scene, obverse and reverse, show man on right seated, facing toward a tree-surrounded monument, composed of an urn on a pedestal and labelled "WASHINGTON". Remainder of outer surface covered with floral designs. Ornamental molded band at rim. Border of flowers and foliage on inner surface with decorative band at edge. Handle repaired with staples. Large chip in rim replaced.

Material:

Ceramic
Earthenware - Transfer-printed

Dimensions:

H-6.4 Dia-5.25 inches

Provenance:

Collected by Martha Durgin (b.1833) of Concord, NH. She probably began her collection in the late 1880s-early 1890s.

Source of view: colored lithograph by D. W. Jackson.

Credit Line:

Gift of Martha E. Durgin

People:

Durgin, Martha E. (1833-1916), Wood, Enoch (1759-1840), Jackson, D. W., Mayer, Thomas, Lafayette, Marquis de (1757-1834)

Subjects:

Lafayette, Marquis de, George Washington's Tomb