Pitcher

Description:

Unlidded, bulbous pitcher with high, spurred, D- or ear-shaped strap handle, small flared pedestal base and large, inset, curved spout; no strainer. Fillet at neck and base; molded bead at seam. Underside of slightly convex bottom has a barely legible, small portion of a mark.

Date Made: ca 1845

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United StatesUnited Kingdom: EnglandEurope

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life, Domestic Furnishings

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Credit Line: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.388370Catalog Number: 388370Accession Number: 182022

Object Name: pitcher

Physical Description: Britannia (overall material)pewter (overall material)Measurements: overall: 9 1/2 in x 10 1/2 in x 6 7/8 in; 24.13 cm x 26.67 cm x 17.4625 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746af-e29e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_300503

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