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Pitcher

Object Name:
Pitcher
Object ID:
1914.014.256
Place of Origin:
Bennington, VT
Date:
1847-1858
Description:
Pitcher. Parian porcelain. Flat white exterior surface, glossy interior glaze. Raised figures on exterior, mast under spout, two boys on each side busy with bellows, brush bottle and keg - are on knees - scrolls, etc. Footed, high loop handle with scrolls at top and bottom, high graceful spout with scrolled edges. Paper label with "256" on the side.
Material:
Ceramic
Porcelain - Parian
Dimensions:
H-4.2 W-3.6 Dia-2.45 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
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