Pitcher
- Object Name:
- Pitcher
- Object ID:
- 1973.012.05
- Place of Origin:
- China
- Date:
- 1790-1800
- Description:
- Pitcher. Porcelain. Bulbous body with narrowing neck, small spout, base ring and remnants of a handle. Body is white with handpainted blue decoration. Decoration includes a large image of a vase on a pedestal with several objects in the vase including one that resembles a comb, one that looks like a scroll and three flowers. On the opposite face is a large chrysanthemum. Two insects are flying around the vase. There is one large rock on either side of the vase and pedestal. Rim decoration is approximately 1" wide and includes numerous intricate designs including diamonds, flowers, basketweave and circles with dots in their centers. Wear on the rim and inner surface of neck suggests there may have been a lid at one point.
- Material:
- Ceramic
Porcelain - Dimensions:
- H-5.6 W-4.05 Dia-3.7 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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