Collection Highlights
View of Brooklyn from the Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn, New York
after 1883
1904.22
Black ink, white gouache, and graphite on photo-sensitive paper, laid on card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pitcher
Object name
Pitcher
Date
1840-1850
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 11 x 11 1/2 x 9 1/4 in. ( 27.9 x 29.2 x 23.5 cm )
Description
Yellowware pitcher molded with deer chase and boar chase in low relief around body; grapes, vines, and leaves on tall neck; crouching hound handle; lappets around body just under shoulder; greenish brown glaze on exterior, transparent glaze on interior.
Credit Line
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number
1937.630
Marks
applied: and raised letters in white clay across shoulder: "W. GINGLEN RAIL ROAD DEPO"
Gallery Label
A William Ginglen, who died in the 1860s, is buried in Willow Grove Cemetery, New Brunswick, NJ. The inscription "W. Ginglen" may refer to this man or another individual. There are no American or English towns with such a name. The "lambrequin" (lappet) border is associated with the Salamander Works.
Provenance
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
