Pitcher

Title:

The Farmers Arms

Object Name:

Pitcher

Object ID:

1914.014.270

Creator:

Herculaneum Pottery

Place of Origin:

Liverpool, England

Date:

1800-1810

Description:

Pitcher - Creamware; black transfer-printed earthenware with lead glaze. Liverpool type, ovoid cylindrical body with concave tapered neck and base, curved spout, and applied loop handle. Print on front: Farmers' arms, scene with woman churning and man holding scythe holding a crest divided into four sections illustrating agricultural tools and equipment. Sheaf of wheat , tools and leaves above "THE FARMERS ARM" printed on arched ribbon above scene. "IN GOD IS OUR TRUST" printed on ribbon beneath scene. Reverse: scene, a farmer with a plough, two pair of oxen ploughing, and a boy with a whip, in a rural field. Above is a cartouche reading "GOD SPEED THE PLOUGH" on a ribbon with agricultural tools and heads of wheat. Below scene on a ribbon is "IN GOD IS OUR TRUST" interwoven with agricultural tools and heads of wheat.



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Material:

Ceramic
Earthenware - Creamware

Dimensions:

H-6.8 W-7 Dia-4.9 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)

Subjects:

Agricultural equipment, Agricultural laborers, Agriculture, Farmers