Pitcher
Decorative Arts and Design
MEDIUM
Porcelain
DATES
ca. 1850–1860
DIMENSIONS
9 1/2 x 9 3/4 x 6 1/2 in. (24.1 x 24.8 x 16.5 cm)
(show scale)
MARKINGS
no marks
SIGNATURE
no signature
INSCRIPTIONS
one side bears inscription: "Samual Miller / Chestnut St house'
ACCESSION NUMBER
84.176.2
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Lewis
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Pitcher, scalloped rim with handle in shape of forked branch. Magenta, green, cream and gold decoration with molded oak leaves and branches in high relief. Decoration on opposite side consists of a figure of man holding straw hat, a view of a mill to his left and five stacks of grain to his right, one inscribed "Penna Wheat", another "Old Rye", the third "CORN". Inscribed above the figure a single bar of musical notation and above that "PSALM 1". Body French or American, deoration American.
CONDITION: Good
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Pitcher, ca. 1850–1860. Porcelain, 9 1/2 x 9 3/4 x 6 1/2 in. (24.1 x 24.8 x 16.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Lewis, 84.176.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 84.176.2_PS5.jpg)
IMAGE
profile, 84.176.2_PS5.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2012
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