Collection Highlights
Noah's ark
1850-1900
1956.101
Wood, paint
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Pitcher
Object name
Pitcher
Date
1845-1852
Medium
Stoneware
Dimensions
Overall: 10 3/4 x 9 x 8 in. ( 27.3 x 22.9 x 20.3 cm )
Description
Pitcher molded with deer chase and boar hunt in low relief around body; grapes, vines, and leaves on tall neck; crouching hound handle; dark brown mottled glaze (Rockingham).
Credit Line
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number
1928.46
Marks
impressed: on base: "J. B. CAIRE & CO./PO'KEEPSIE, NY"
Gallery Label
Hound-handled pitchers, usually produced in earthenware, were quite popular at mid-century. Caire's stoneware version competed with similar examples from Vermont and New Jersey manufactories. A technique known as press molding was used to form some ornate wares such as this pitcher. The potter pressed firm clay into molds to form the two halves of the pitcher and then joined the halves together at the visible seam.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
