Collection Highlights
Brandywine bowl (brandewijnkom)
ca. 1700
1911.38
Silver
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Pitcher
Object name
Pitcher
Date
ca. 1925-1939
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 6 3/4 x 6 1/2 x 4 7/8 in. ( 17.1 x 16.5 x 12.4 cm )
Description
Whiteware pitcher molded in shape of head of Alfred E. Smith with shoulders and arms forming the base; facsimile of signature on base; underglaze buff-colored slip covers surface.
Credit Line
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number
1939.400
Marks
printed: on reverse:"PATRIOTIC/ PRODUCTS/ASSOCIATION/PHILADELPHIA" (in shield) and "SYRACUSE/CHINA/O.P.C.O/MADE IN U.S.A/BLH THIS IS NO 765 OF A FIRST AND LIMITED EDITION."
printed: on exterior: "ALF...SMITH' [Alfred E. Smith]
Gallery Label
A native of New York's Lower East Side, Alfred E. Smith (1873-1944) served in the New York Sate Assembly from 1904 to 1915, was elected governor of New York for four terms, and ran for president on the Democratic ticket in 1928. He lost the election to Herbert Hoover.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
