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
- 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.
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