Collection Highlights
Armchair
1785-1789
1916.7
Mahogany; pine, poplar
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pitcher
Object name
Pitcher
Date
ca. 1908
Medium
Porcelain
Dimensions
Overall: 7 5/8 x 6 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. ( 19.4 x 16.5 x 14 cm )
Description
Porcelain pitcher molded into the head and body (from below the waist up) of Theodore Roosevelt grinning from behind a moustache and spectacles, wearing a red bandanna and belted khaki shirt, toting a red book titled "Africa" and a rifle; handle formed of an elephant's head and trunk. All handpainted with overglaze enamels.
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Object Number
1961.342
Marks
printed: in green on base: "L (in wreath) /LENOX/Patent applied for/Design of Edward Penfield/ (conjoined) "TP" (in shield)/ The Toby Potteries of New York/A"
impressed: on belt "T.R."
impressed: on book's cover "AFRICA"
Gallery Label
This toby jug, made by Lenox after the design of Edward Penfield, was issued at the close of Roosevelt's last term of office when he was about to set forth on a big game hunting expedition into Africa.
Provenance
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
