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Cream Pitcher

• Manufacturer: Union Porcelain Works, 1863-ca.1922
• Medium: Porcelain
• Place Manufactured: New York City, New York, USA
• Dates: ca. 1880
• Dimensions: 5 5/8 x 4 3/4 x 2 7/8 in. (14.3 x 12.1 x 7.3 cm)
• Markings: On underside: -- transfer-printed in green, "U.P.W." above head of an eagle -- transfer-printed in orange, "[within urn] UNION / PORCELAIN / WORKS / GREENPOINT / N.Y." and below urn "10 '85" -- incised in glaze, "I V [?]"
• Signature: no signature
• Inscriptions: no inscriptions
• Collections: Decorative Arts
• Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
• Accession Number: 68.87.6
• Credit Line: Gift of Franklin Chace
• Image: Overall, 68.87.6.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004
Union Porcelain Works (1863-ca.1922). Cream Pitcher, ca. 1880. Porcelain, 5 5/8 x 4 3/4 x 2 7/8 in. (14.3 x 12.1 x 7.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Franklin Chace, 68.87.6 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 68.87.6.jpg)
• Catalogue Description: Porcelain cream pitcher, part of green and white dinner service (68.87.1-13). White porcelain with vitreous glaze; coral-colored glazed handle. Cylindrical body with paneled sides and upward arching spout; opposing handle molded like branch. Applied decorations in gilding and green paint, including: roundel containing stylized fleur-de-lis within each panel; gold bands and border of ribbon and tassel design around top edge. CONDITION: Good.