Cream Pitcher

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Collection Type

Decorative arts

Date

1889

GUSN

GUSN-47681

Description

Porcelain cream pitcher with blue and black bands around mouth and hand-painted scene of crane wading through cattails and yellow flowers. Twisted rope handle.

Details

Descriptive Terms

milk jugs
hand-painted
porcelain
Vessel, Drink Serving
Pitcher
Pitcher, Cream
Pitcher, Cream

Inscription

"H & Co" (Printed in green)
"LAT/ Dec 1889" (Painted in black)
English registration mark (Impressed)

Maker

Haviland & Co. (Maker)
Trippe, Lydia A. (Painter)

Location of Origin

Limoges, France; Providence, RI, USA

Dimensions

5 1/4 (H), 3 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Miss Lydia Gardiner Chace

Accession Number

1969.286

Places

Limoges (Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France)
Providence (Providence county, Rhode Island)
Limoges (Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France)

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