Pitcher

Title:: Old Union Church, West Claremont, N.H. Erected 1773
Object Name:: Pitcher
Object ID:: 1948.004.07
Place of Origin:: Austria
Date:: 1905-1915
Description:: Pitcher. Molded white porcelain. Souvenir. Cylindrical body with flared base and rim, short pointed spout, reticulated scroll handle and short scalloped foot. Bands of molded scrolls and leaves around rim and base. Gold enamel band around edge of rim, speckled band of gold enamel on edge of handle. Black transfer printed view of church surrounded by trees, hand colored in oval on front of body. "OLD UNION CHURCH, WEST CLAREMONT, NH. ERECTED 1773" below the oval. Blue flower and leaves painted on reverse. "Made in Austria / for / Quimby & Quimby / Claremont, N.H." printed in gold on bottom. "KING COLLECTION" printed on paper label adhered to bottom.
Material:: Ceramic
Porcelain
Dimensions:: H-4 W-3.7 Dia-3 inches
Provenance:: Quimby & Quimby (Romeo A. and Olney D.) are listed as jewelers in the 1909-1910 Claremont, Newport and Sunapee, NH City Directory.
Credit Line:: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gardner L. King
People:: Quimby, Olney D. (1868- ), Quimby, Romeo A. (1870- ), King, Gardner L. (1893-1963), King, Constance J. (1893-1984)
Subjects:: Ceramics, Churches, Flowers, Leaves, Pitchers, Porcelain, Trees