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Pitcher

Object Name:
Pitcher
Object ID:
1931.010
Place of Origin:
Staffordshire, England
Date:
circa 1840
Description:
Pitcher, Pearlware, Polychrome, oval in shape. Background creamy-white. Design in three separate sections--lower third painted "fish-scale" loops in purple; middle section, large green leaves and purple bunches of grapes on yellow ground; top section, curving bands, vertical, in orange. Plain yellow band around top. Handle decorated in leafy design in purple.
Material:
Ceramic
Dimensions:
H-5.5 W-6.9 D-4.45 inches
Provenance:
Paper label pasted on inside of pitcher reads, "Presented by / George D. McCauley / Feb. 26, 1931." No further information. Blue edge.
Credit Line:
Gift of George McCauley
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