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Pitcher

Object Name:
Pitcher
Object ID:
1914.014.262
Place of Origin:
England
Date:
1825-1835
Description:
Pitcher. Redware lustreware. Footed, with molded serpent handle, and head of Bacchus under spout. Copper lustre with molded open-work basket (green) containing brightly colored flowers (yellow and orange) on a wide blue enamel band around center of body. Pierced holes through inside rim at spout . Copper lustre inside neck, rest of inside cream-colored. "262" printed on rectangular paper label attached to side.
Material:
Ceramic
Earthenware
Dimensions:
H-8.8 W-8.9 Dia-6.4 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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