Pitcher
- Object Name:
- Pitcher
- Object ID:
- 1967.031.01
- Creator:
- Williams, Gerry (1926-2014)
Potter - Place of Origin:
- New Hampshire (probably Concord)
- Date:
- 1950-1965
- Description:
- Pitcher. Redware. Tall, circular body with very narrow spout, strap handle, and base ring. Exterior fully glazed in black. Interior fully glazed in white. Bottom is unglazed. Impressed on bottom is a square-shaped mark with a hand inside it. Inscribed on bottom in upper case letters: "WILLIAMS". Swirl visible on bottom from wheel-throwing process.
- Material:
- Ceramic
Redware - Dimensions:
- H-7.2 W-6 Dia-4 inches
- Provenance:
- Maker's mark of Gerry Williams (1926-2014), who resided in New Hampshire as a potter beginning in 1949. Williams worked for the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen in his early N.H. years, and later opened his own studios in Concord and Dunbarton, NH. Williams was the first New Hampshire Artist Laureate, 1998.
From the collection of Carl Camp (1914-1978), of Concord, NH. - Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
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