Pitcher, Cream

Object Name:

Pitcher, Cream

Object ID:

1973.012.02

Place of Origin:

China

Date:

circa 1802

Description:

Cream Pitcher. Chinese export porcelain. Form is an inverted helmet set upon a domed foot. Handle with relief decoration consisting of lines and ovals. Molded channel for pouring liquid in flared brim opposite handle. Molded gadrooning at base of body. Singe and paired, vertical grooves molded in outer surface of sides and base. Painted polychrome decoration. Traces of gilding on rim and on relief decoration of handle. Evidence of a gilded ring on cylindrical section between body and foot. Central motif, under channel in brim, consisting of the cipher GLH (for George and Lucinda Hough) in gold surrounded by an oval border composed of a red and gold, fringed ribbon interwoven with a blue and gold vine.

Material:

Ceramic
Porcelain

Dimensions:

H-5 W-5.375 D-3.75 inches

Provenance:

Bought by George Hough as a missionary in Canton for his parents George and Lucinda Hough of Concord in 1802.
Handwritten note in accession record: "Part of a set of China bought in Canton, China in 1802 by Rev. George Hough, Missionary, given to his parents, Geo. & Lucinda (Jones) Hough of Concord, N.H. from them it came to Geo. Henry Hough Silsby, a namesake of Geo. Hough Sr., and in 1902 it came to his son Geo. H. Silsby of Concord, N.H. A number of pieces of this set of China are owned by Mrs. B. H. Grierson (Lillian Atwood) dau. Moses G. & Mary Hough (Silsby) Atwood."

Credit Line:

Gift of the Estate of Marion Silsby

People:

Hough, George (1757-1830), Hough, Lucinda (1762-1826), Hough, George H. (1782-1859), Silsby, George Henry Hough (1817-1892), Silsby, George Henry (1850-1931), Silsby, Marion (1892-1973)

Subjects:

Tea, Tea ceremonies, Trade, Imports