Pitcher
- Object Name:
- Pitcher
- Object ID:
- 1938.001.121
- Creator:
- Burpee, Jeremiah (1781-1862)
- Place of Origin:
- Boscawen, NH
- Date:
- 1804-1862
- Description:
- Pitcher. Black or dark-brown glazed redware (interior and exterior glazed), from Boscawen Pottery. Round body with narrow outflaring foot and high narrow neck flowing into large scoop-like pouring lip. Loop handle from top of neck to point of greatest bulge on body. Handle twisted like rope. Raised decoration on neck and body of flowers, dots, and ribbing. No maker's marks. Marked on bottom, ink on tape, "Gift from M.H. Jewell 1938 / Boscawen Pottery".
- Material:
- Ceramic
Redware - Dimensions:
- H-8.5 W-6.1 Dia-5.1 inches
- Provenance:
- Marked on bottom, ink on tape, "Gift of M.H. Jewell 1938 / Boscawen Pottery". There were two potteries in Boscawen, that of Jeremiah Burpee, which operated from 1804 to 1862, and that of John Osborne, founded in 1816 and closing a few years later. From the ornate decoration on this piece, it seems probable that it was made at the Burpee factory.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Margaret H. Jewell
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