Pitcher
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Union Porcelain Works (1863–ca. 1922). Pitcher, ca. 1885. Porcelain, 9 7/16 x 9 5/8 x 6 1/4 in. (24 x 24.4 x 15.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jay and Emma Lewis, 2004.71. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Manufacturer
Title
Pitcher
Date
ca. 1885
Geography
Place manufactured: Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Medium
Porcelain
Classification
Dimensions
9 7/16 x 9 5/8 x 6 1/4 in. (24 x 24.4 x 15.9 cm)
Inscriptions
Painted in reserve on side of body, in gilt: "MANUFACTURED / By / Union Porcelain Works [within sloping orange rectangle with green and red diamond border] / GREENPOINT. / N.Y."
Markings
Transfer-printed on base in black: "UNION / PORCELAIN / WORKS / GREENPOINT / N.Y." within urn. Incised in clay underneath glaze, indistinct Z-shaped mark.
Credit Line
Gift of Jay and Emma Lewis
Accession Number
2004.71
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