Pitcher

Object Name:

Pitcher

Object ID:

1948.007.01

Place of Origin:

Liverpool, England

Date:

1812-1832

Description:

Pitcher. Pearlware earthenware. Transfer-printed and hand-painted designs. Large cartouche on one side of farm implements and inscribed: "TRUST IN GOD THE HUSBANDMAN'S DILIGENCE PROVIDES BREAD". Other side is decorated with poem: "Let the wealthy and great / Roll in splendor and state / I envy them not I declare it / I eat my own lamb / My own chickens and ham / I shear my own fleece and I wear it / I have lawns I have bowers / I have fruits I have flowers / the lark is my morning alarmer / So jolly boys now / Heres God speed the plow / Long life and success to the farmer." Beneath is: "INDUSTRY PRODUCETH WHEAT". Above the poem is: "IN GOD IS ALL ___T REST". Neck of pitcher is decorated with orange band, black and green flowers, and dark red band. Designs on sides decorated with red and yellow.

Material:

Ceramic
Earthenware - Pearl ware

Dimensions:

H-5.6 W-6.4 Dia-4.85 inches

Provenance:

According to accession record, "Brought over from England by the parents of William H. Pepper. Over 116 years old" (or prior to 1832). William H. Pepper (1830-c.1905) was born in England. Donor is likely the granddaughter of William H. Pepper, Mary Ethelyn Sanders (b.1877, Laconia NH), who resided in Lakeport, NH by 1920 (but was not married at that time).

William H. Pepper is listed in the 1860 and 1870 U.S. Census as a machinist residing in Gilford, NH. In 1880, he was a manufacturer of machinery in Gilford, and in 1900, he was a manufacturer of machinery living in Laconia, NH. He was deceased by the time of the 1910 U.S. Census.

Credit Line:

Gift of Ethelyn Hopkins

People:

Pepper, William H. (b. 1830)