Jug, Samuel and Eli

Artist:T. & R. (Thomas & Richard) Boote, Ltd. Waterloo Pottery

Medium: Stoneware

Geograhical Locations:

Dates:ca. 1848

Dimensions: 8 7/8 x 5 1/4 x 5 1/8 in. (22.5 x 13.3 x 13.0 cm)

Collections:

Museum Location: Decorative Art, 19th Century, 4th Floor

Accession Number: 1994.158.5

Catalogue Description:
Pitcher. Unglazed (inside glazed) buff stoneware. Pear-shaped with high relief scenes taken from a painting by John Singleton Copley of Samuel and Eli alternating with a rabbi. Scenes are set in ogive formed arches terminating in masks between foliage. Modeled ribbed C-shaped handle, separately molded and applied. Condition: Good. Base cracked and chipped. Belly: cracks under handle. Inside: dirty.

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