Cream Pitcher
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
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)
Manufacturer
Title
Cream Pitcher
Date
ca. 1880
Geography
Place manufactured: Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Medium
Porcelain
Classification
Dimensions
5 5/8 x 4 3/4 x 2 7/8 in. (14.3 x 12.1 x 7.3 cm)
Signatures
no signature
Inscriptions
no inscriptions
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 [?]"
Credit Line
Gift of Franklin Chace
Accession Number
68.87.6
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