Pitcher
- Object Name:
- Pitcher
- Object ID:
- 1977.007.17
- Date:
- 1850
- Description:
- Pitcher. Yellowware earthenware. Fully covered on exterior and interior with dark brown speckled glaze. Globular body with slightly narrowing neck and flat rim. Broad, shallow spout. Applied strap handle. Slightly raised base. Seam lines visible on front and back. One yellow spot toward front bottom may have been a maker's fingerprint. No other marks seen.
- Material:
- Ceramic
Earthenware - Yellow ware - Dimensions:
- H-7.1 W-7.6 Dia-6.6 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of a collection of household furnishings from three principal sources: Concord, N.H. ancestors of Arthur F. Sturtevant (1864-1953), donor's father; Ipswich, Mass. family of Florence Sturtevant (1866-1938), donor's step-mother; and Chatham Pines, a vacation camp in Chatham, N.H., owned by the donor from 1940 to 1953. Chatham Pine had previously been owned by Mrs. Pearl Bemis, who collected antiques from the local area which she then used to furnish the cabins at the camp. The donor did not specify which source this pitcher may have been from.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Foster E. Sturtevant
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