Pitcher
Decorative Arts and Design
On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MAKER
Benedick C. Milburn
CULTURE
American
MEDIUM
Stoneware
DATES
1841â1846
DIMENSIONS
10 1/4 x 7 7/8 x 6 5/8 in. (26 x 20 x 16.8 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
Impressed on collar below spout: "B.C. MILBURN / ALEX.A" and impressed below on body: "1"
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
47.1.8
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Arthur W. Clement
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Salt-glazed stoneware pitcher; gray ground accented with blue glaze. Cylindrical body tapers in at collar to narrow offset cylindrical neck with flared lip and pulled, short spout. Strap handle attached to side of neck and body, below collar. Leaf and vine decorations painted in blue glaze around neck and shoulder; joins of handle accented in blue glaze.
CONDITION: Good; spots and holes in glaze (firing imperfections); few large and small chips around base.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
CAPTION
Benedick C. Milburn. Pitcher, 1841â1846. Stoneware, 10 1/4 x 7 7/8 x 6 5/8 in. (26 x 20 x 16.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Arthur W. Clement, 47.1.8. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 47.1.8.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 47.1.8.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004
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