Pitcher, Presentation
- Object Name:
- Pitcher, Presentation
- Object ID:
- 2020.004.05
- Creator:
- Shreve, Crump & Low
- Place of Origin:
- Boston, MA
- Date:
- 1887
- Description:
- Presentation pitcher. Silver. Ovoid body with straight foot, undulated rim and width mouth, and heavy applied handle. Engraved in script on front: "1887 / Presented to / A. T. Dudley / by the / Phillips Exeter Academy / Foot-ball Eleven". Engraved in script on reverse in two vertical columns separated by a line: "Cranston Stickney Vail Knowles Kaleo Brooks Hill / Frazer Van Inwagen Harding Morrison McClung Farquher Franklin". "SHREVE, CRUMP & LOW / 148D / STERLING / "925 in rectangle, circle, and 1/8/8/7" in hallmark, stamped incuse on bottom.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- H-4.5 W-5 Dia-3.6 inches
- Provenance:
- Albertus T. Dudley (1866-1955) was the son of Rev. Horace F. and Josephine (Lamson) Dudley. A graduate of Harvard College, Albertus Dudley was Director of the Gymnasium and an instructor at Phillips Exeter Academy from 1887 to 1895, Noble and Greenough's School in Boston from 1896 to 1917, and the author of several sports and adventure books. He joined his wife, Frances Perry Dudley, in leading opposition to granting women the right to vote.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Klaudia S. Shepard
- Subjects:
- Football, Coaches (Athletics)
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