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Pitcher

Decorative Arts and Design

MEDIUM Porcelain
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS
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 side, 84.176.2_PS5.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2012
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RIGHTS STATEMENT Creative Commons-BY
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 <em>Pitcher</em>, 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)