Collection Highlights
Cake board
1825-1835
1937.1562
Wood
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pitcher
Object name
Pitcher
Date
1833
Medium
Porcelain
Dimensions
Overall: 9 1/4 x 9 x 6 1/2 in. ( 23.5 x 22.9 x 16.5 cm )
Description
Molded porcelain pitcher with scrolls on handle and under spout in low relief, paneled neck rimmed in gold and rounded cylindrical bowl both with lavender sprigs of scroll foliage rosettes, the base with molded gardroons and wave pattern band, circular foot has gold band and band of lavender beads.
Credit Line
Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Mary Hoyt Hays Collins
Object Number
1946.122
Gallery Label
According to accession records, Mr. E. L. Hoyt, grandfather of the donor, comes from an old Long Island family. This pitcher was delivered to the society by Mr. Frederick L. Washbourne of the Italian consulate, Florence, Italy, to whom it was entrusted by the donor.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
