Pitcher

Object Name:

Pitcher

Object ID:

1914.014.164

Place of Origin:

England

Date:

circa 1820

Description:

Pitcher. White paste, silver lustreware. Vased shaped pitcher with circular cross section, short neck, short spout and D shaped handle. Three seam marks very obvious - one running beneath spout, one beneath handle, and one down handle itself. Only decoration consists of leafy design in relief on lower portion of handle. Silver luster applied on entire exterior except bottom, and a narrow band on interior of rim, the rest glazed white.Paper label on side, "164" . Makers mark on bottom; "024".

Material:

Ceramic

Dimensions:

H-3.5 W-4.6 Dia-3.65 inches

Provenance:

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

Credit Line:

Gift of Martha E. Durgin

People:

Durgin, Martha E. (1833-1916)