Pitcher
- Object Name:
- Pitcher
- Object ID:
- 2004.043.102
- Creator:
- Pearson, Helen (1870-1949); Miller, Mary E. B. (1841-1939)
- Place of Origin:
- Portsmouth, NH
- Date:
- 1891
- Description:
- Cream Pitcher. Porcelain, handpainted by Helen Pearson (1870-1949), Portsmouth, NH. White jug with flattened sides, all surfaces decorated. Front and back of jug adorned with courting Colonial-era couples. Alternating panels eggshell blue background with bouquets of flowers. Lip of jug (exterior) contains single, male, Colonial-era figure sitting on rock in woods reading a book. Rim, interior surface, decorated with flowers and vines. Handle decorated both sides with flowers and vines. Panels with gold scrolling divide larger decorated panels. Signed on bottom, "Helen Pearson. / 1891." and initial "M." (probably Mary E.B. Miller). Jug part of set: see 2004.043.92-.95
- Material:
- Ceramic
Porcelain - Provenance:
- From collection of Dr. Dorothy M. Vaughan (1904-2004), preservationist and collector of Portsmouth, N.H., artifacts.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Dr. Dorothy Mansfield Vaughan
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