Pitcher
- Object Name:
- Pitcher
- Object ID:
- 1973.012.04 a-b
- Place of Origin:
- China
- Date:
- 1790-1800
- Description:
- Pitcher with Cover. Porcelain. Bulbous pitcher with narrow circular lip and small spout, "D" shaped handle and base ring present. Pitcher is decorated in handpainted blue Chinoiserie boating and pagoda scene. There are two men in the foreground in the yard of a large pagoda with trees and fence. Boats close by in water. Background has two additional boats with sails, a small house and pagoda and birds in a vee formation. Neck decoration in blue cross-hatching and pendants. Handle is molded and decorated in blue on the high points. Two spots on handle with copper decoration. Lid is dome-shaped with circular rim and floral finial and one vent hole. Lid decorated in blue band around edge, blue house on top and finial painted blue and copper. Orange and copper band around the edge of the lid rim. No maker's mark seen.
- Material:
- Ceramic
Porcelain - Dimensions:
- H-6.55 W-5 inches
- Provenance:
- From a collection of Chinese export porcelain that belonged to the Silsby-Chickering-Hough families. This pitcher was owned by Elliot Chickering (1788-1871) and his wife, Ruth Wilson (1791-1844), of Concord, N.H. The donor, Miss Marion Silsby, was their great granddaughter.
Handwritten note in accession file reads: "Pitcher, blue & white, one of two bought at Arthur Rogers Auction by Elliot Chickering." - Credit Line:
- Gift of the Estate of Marion Silsby
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