deem-data/ArtiFact huggingface dataset:
Allegory of the Seasons
Object type: beaker
Date: 1730 – 1730
Materials: glass, silver
Subjects: women,flowers
Portret van Domenico Ghirlandaio
Object type: print
Date: 1568 – 1650
Materials: paper
Techniques: letterpress printing
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: draughtsman, domenico ghirlandaio, historical persons, portrait, self-portrait of painter

Prent uit een onbekende editie van: Vasari, Giorgio. Le Vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori da Cimabue insino a' tempi nostri. S.l.s.n., [1568]. De prent is met een andere omlijsting gebruikt in de editie uit 1568, en mogelijk in de editie uit 1647.
Mirror Case with Filled Diagonal Lattice
Object type: mirror case
Date: 1644 – 1911
Materials: textile, silk
Techniques: embroidery
Culture: chinese
Calvary
Object type: sculpture
Date: 1765 – 1800
Materials: paint, wood
Techniques: gilding, painting, polychrome, carved
Location: guatemala
Subjects: calvary, religion, altar, crucifixions, saint john the baptist, saints, christian subjects, christianity, cross, jesus, mary magdalene, men, religious, religious figures, religious scenes, virgin mary, woman, women

This scene of the Crucifixion features realistic bloody wounds and carefully painted, agonized expressions that bring the suffering of the figures to life. In addition, the eyes of the mourners are reverse-painted glass, giving them a lifelike sheen. The gilded decoration of the costumes incorporates the so-called estofado technique imitating gold embroidery. Small in scale, this group was likely intended for use in a private setting, such as a home, convent, or monastery.

This work reinterprets the famous life-size sculpture group of the Christ of Esquipulas, begun in 1595 for an altar in Guatemala and still venerated by millions of worshippers annually. While makers of the work here are unknown, the style of the carving and polychromy tie it to the Guatemalan school that was one of the most important centers for sculpture production in 18th-century Latin America.
Manuscript Leaf with the Annunciation, from a Book of Hours
Object type: book of hour
Date: 1500 – 1525
Materials: gold, ink, parchment, shell, paint
Culture: dutch
Location: netherlands
Subjects: angels,virgin mary
Bassoon
Object type: bassoon
Date: 1780 – 1800
Materials: copper, wood
Location: tilburg
Artist: johannes van de knikker
Artist role: musical instrument maker
Artist dates: 1731 – 1815
Inscriptions: stamp: ‘IVD/ KNIKKER’, stamp: ‘IVD/ KNIKKER/ TILBORGH’

Fagot van esdoornhout met vier koperen kleppen en met acht onbedekte gaten. Koperen "S" en koperen ringen waarvan de onderste ontbreekt.
Piece
Object type: piece
Date: 1701 – 1900
Materials: silk
Culture: japanese
Subjects: birds,leaves
Napoleon The Little in a Rage with His Great French Eagle!!
Object type: print
Techniques: etching
Artist: thomas rowlandson
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: british
Artist dates: 1757 – 1827
Subjects: eagles,satire,napoleon i,politics
De abdye van Egmond, in haar welstand, met de kerk
Object type: print
Date: 1711 – 1774
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: amsterdam
Subjects: abbey, monastery, convent ~ roman catholic church, church (exterior)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 195

Prent ook gebruikt in: Smids, Ludolf. Schatkamer der Nederlandsse oudheden; of woordenboek, behelsende Nederlands steden en dorpen, kasteelen, sloten en heeren huysen (…). Amsterdam: Pieter de Coup, 1711, tussen p. 76 en 77.

Het is ook mogelijk dat deze prent uit de tweede (1737) of derde (1774) druk komt, of uit een uitgave met alleen de prenten: Nederlandsche oudheden, bestaande in zestig verbeeldingen (...) gelegen in Holland, 't Sticht van Utrecht en Gelderland enz. Amsterdam: Hendrik Bosch, 1721.
Jaarmarkt te Arnhem, ca. 1700
Object type: print
Date: 1698 – 1702
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: northern netherlands
Artist: romeyn de hooghe
Artist role: draughtsman, goldsmith, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1645 – 1708
Subjects: (annual) fair, trade fair, arnhem

Grote uitvoerige voorstelling van een paardenmarkt en jaarmarkt met kermis gehouden buiten Arnhem, ca. 1700. Vele kramen waarin van alles verkocht wordt en waar gegeten en gedanst wordt. Rechts een boom waarin een doedelzakspeler is geklommen. Bovenaan een oningevulde cartouche. Op de voorgrond laat een ruiter zijn paard drinken.
Gateway of the Bloody Tower
Object type: print
Date: 1850 – 1949
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: london
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: fortress, gate, entrance, tower (of house or building)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Filmnegatief
Object type: negative
Date: 1907 – 1935
Materials: film
Techniques: gelatin silver negative
Location: europe
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: europe
Portret van twee onbekende kinderen
Object type: photograph
Date: 1886 – 1901
Materials: paper, cardboard
Techniques: collodion silver print
Location: utrecht
Artist: johannes hendrikus kramer
Artist role: fotograaf
Artist dates: 1846 – 1901
Subjects: child, historical persons not known by name
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘Photographisch/ Atelier (...) Inrichting voor vergrootingen.’
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Object type: kylix fragment
Date: 475 – 451
Materials: terracotta
Culture: greek, attic
Artist: akestorides painter
Artist role: artist
Silhouetportret van Daniël Johannes Mackay
Object type: print
Date: 1809 – 1848
Materials: paper
Techniques: hand coloring, lithograph
Location: netherlands
Artist: pieter barbiers (iv)
Artist role: painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1798 – 1848
Subjects: historical persons
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228, : ‘Gedeponeerd.’

Onder het portret de signatuur van de geportretteerde.
Side Chair
Object type: side chair
Date: 1740 – 1760
Materials: wood
Culture: american
Location: united states
Piece
Object type: piece
Date: 1735 – 1735
Materials: metal thread, silk
Subjects: human figures,houses,flowers,trees
Staande man die aan een touw trekt
Object type: design
Date: 1868 – 1940
Materials: paper, pencil
Artist: johan braakensiek
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1858 – 1940

Staande man die aan een touw trekt; op de verso enige schetsjes. Mogelijk een ontwerp voor een prent.
Offering Scene, Tomb of Djari
Object type: facsimile, djari tt 366, offering
Date: 2050 – 2000
Materials: ink, paper
Location: egypt
Artist: unknown copyist
Artist role: artist
Subjects: human figures
Vierhonderdste geboortejaar Philips van Marnix van Sint Aldegonde (Vereniging voor Penningkunst 1940, eerste penning)
Object type: history medal
Date: 1940 – 1940
Materials: bronze
Techniques: striking
Artist: han wezelaar
Artist role: draughtsman
Artist dates: 1901 – 1984

Bronzen penning, op de voorzijde het borstbeeld van Van Sint Aldegonde half naar links met omschrift, op de keerzijde een zeilschip op zee onder de stralende naam Gods, met in het verschiet winden en rotsen en onderaan een zeemonster op een tekstvaan, met verklaring.
Portret van Herman Witsius
Object type: print
Date: 1684 – 1684
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: utrecht
Subjects: leiden, herman witsius, book
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Herman Witsius, predikant en hoogleraar theologie te Franeker, Utrecht en Leiden.
Coffee Cup and Saucer
Object type: ceramic
Date: 1775 – 1780
Materials: ceramic, enamel, porcelain, soft paste porcelain
Techniques: gilding, polychrome
Location: worcester
Onderschotel voor punchkom
Object type: platter
Date: 1777 – 1790
Materials: porcelain
Techniques: painted
Location: ansbach
Artist: Anonymous

De schotel is veelkleurig beschilderd met groenten, vruchten en bloemen.
Pierrot bij een molen
Object type: print
Date: 1851 – 1893
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Subjects: types in 'commedia dell'arte': pierrot, carrying something in basket, bag, rucksack, etc., windmill
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Een pierrot, ten voeten uit, met een hengselmand aan zijn arm. Rechts op de achtergrond een molen.
Ex libris van Jef van Boven
Object type: bookplate
Date: 1900 – 1999
Materials: paper
Techniques: woodcut
Location: belgium
Artist: josef leysen (jef)
Artist role: print maker
Subjects: reading, cupboard
Prenten naar tekeningen van Claude Lorrain
Object type: print
Date: 1776 – 1776
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: london
Subjects: coast - hh - ideal landscapes, sea (seascape), the cumaean sibyl is granted long life: apollo grants the cumaean sibyl as many years as she has grains of sand in her hand, in return for her love (ovid, metamorphoses xiv 136), landscape with ruins - ii - ideal landscapes
Inscriptions: date

Vanaf 1774 publiceerde John Boydell tweehonderd prenten naar het tekeningenboek Liber Veritatis van Claude Lorrain, in het bezit van de hertogen van Cavendish. Deze prenten werden vanaf 1777 in twee volumes gebundeld uitgegeven.
Speeltafel, nagenoeg vierkant, het blad bekleed met groen laken
Object type: miniature
Date: 1775 – 1800
Materials: wood, wool
Location: amsterdam
Artist: Anonymous
Portret van Hendrik Husly Viervant
Object type: print
Date: 1807 – 1807
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: amsterdam
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: amsterdam, theologian, historical persons
Portret van Hans Heinrich Hirzel
Object type: print
Date: 1703 – 1748
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Subjects: switzerland, hacking and thrusting weapons, historical persons, compass, armorial bearing, heraldry
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Dolman
Object type: dolman
Date: 1800 – 1875
Materials: glass, silk, wool
Culture: american
Portret van Albrecht III, hertog van Saksen
Object type: book illustration
Date: 1600 – 1699
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching, letterpress printing
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: grimma, emden, albrecht de kloekmoedige (hertog van saksen)
Cord
Object type: cord
Date: 1801 – 1900
Materials: metal thread
Plan and Elevation for a Fountain
Object type: drawing
Date: 1501 – 1600
Materials: chalk, ink
Techniques: brush, pen, wash
Artist: anonymous, french, 16th century
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1500 – 1600
Subjects: architecture,fountains
Boerderijen en een binnenplaats
Object type: sketchbook leaf
Date: 1780 – 1800
Materials: ink, paper, pencil
Techniques: brush

Blad 10 recto uit een schetsboek met 17 bladen.
Houten doosje met opschrift 'Photographs'
Object type: photograph
Date: 1870 – 1885
Materials: cardboard, paper, photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Location: unknown
Artist: Anonymous

Houten doosje met opschrift 'Photographs', gebruikt om foto's op te bergen.
Accessory set
Object type: accessory set
Date: 1890 – 1899
Materials: fur, silk
Culture: american
Artist: c. g. gunther's sons
Artist role: designer
Artist nationality: american
Artist dates: 1820 – 1820

Long associated with royalty, ermine is always regarded as a status symbol for the person who wears it. Made of the distinctive black and white pelts, this accessory set represents the type of luxurious fur accessories used and valued in the Belle Époque period, when ermine fur and even ermine head decorations were de rigueur trimmings for winter attire. C. G. Gunther's Sons, the manufacturer of this ensemble, was a highly-regarded New York furrier of the 19th century which catered to an elite and fashionable clientele.
Plate 36, from "World in Miniature"
Object type: print
Date: 1816 – 1816
Techniques: etching
Location: london
Artist: thomas rowlandson
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: british
Artist dates: 1757 – 1827
Subjects: men,women,dogs,horses

One of forty prints from Rowlandson's "World in Miniature; Consisting of Groups of Figures, for the Illustration of Landscape Scenery." A scene in a stable, with four horses at right and a group of people and two dogs gathered at left.
Mary, Queen of Scots
Object type: print
Date: 1801 – 1833
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: france
Artist: jean bonvoisin
Artist role: print maker
Artist nationality: french
Artist dates: 1752 – 1837
Subjects: portraits,women,mary queen of scots
Kar op een landweg bij de duinen
Object type: print
Date: 1778 – 1838
Materials: paper, pencil
Techniques: etching
Location: netherlands
Artist: anthonie van den bos
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1763 – 1838
Subjects: ruin of a dwelling, house, castle, etc.
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228
La Trève de Dieu (God's Truce) (Furnishing Fabric)
Object type: textile
Date: 1820 – 1820
Materials: cotton
Techniques: engraving, weave, printing
Location: france
Artist: philippe wyngaert
Artist nationality: flemish
Artist dates: 1820 –
Sword Guard (Tsuba)
Object type: sword guard tsuba
Date: 1750 – 1800
Materials: copper, gold, iron
Culture: japanese
Location: japan
Theatrum Biblicum Hoc Est Historiae Sacrae Veteris et Novi Testamenti Tabulis Aeneis Expressae
Object type: print
Date: 1572 – 1576
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: amsterdam
Subjects: one leper, a samaritan, sent to the priest by christ, returns and kneels before him, christ sends ten lepers to the priest (luke 17:11-19)

Christus ontmoet tien mensen die aan huidvraat lijden en geeft hen de opdracht om zich aan de priesters te laten zien. Als ze dat doen blijkt dat ze zijn genezen. Slechts een van de tien, een Samaritaan, keert links op de achtergrond terug en knielt voor Christus om hem te bedanken. Onder de voorstelling een verwijzing in het Latijn naar de Bijbeltekst in Luc. 17:12. Deze prent maakt deel uit van een album.
View of the Jeruzalemkapel and the Sint Olofskapel, Amsterdam
Object type: drawing
Date: 1644 – 1644
Materials: chalk, paper
Techniques: brush
Location: amsterdam
Artist: roelant roghman
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1627 – 1692
Subjects: church (exterior), amsterdam
Inscriptions: date: ‘1644’
Twaalf houtsneden
Object type: illustration
Date: 1894 – 1894
Materials: paper
Techniques: woodcut
Artist: mathieu lauweriks
Artist role: designer, draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1864 – 1932
Subjects: mouth wide open
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Prent mogelijk gebruikt voor: Licht en waarheid. Orgaan van de vereeniging 'Wie Denkt Overwint'. Amsterdam: Wie Denkt Overwint, 15 september 1894.
Het betreft een postume afdruk.
Goblet with cover
Object type: goblet with cover
Date: 1830 – 1840
Materials: glass
Subjects: flowers
Maria met kind en H. Johannes
Object type: drawing
Date: 1635 – 1645
Materials: chalk, paper
Artist: claude lorrain
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1604 – 1682
Subjects: john the baptist as child ~ madonna-representations (n.b. secondary notation only), madonna (i.e. mary with the christ-child) accompanied or surrounded by others

Bladen van serie zijn afkomstig uit een schetsboek.
Graafschap van Bourgondië
Object type: jeton
Date: 1677 – 1677
Materials: copper
Techniques: striking
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: bourgondië
Portret van Maximiliaan Hendrik van Beieren
Object type: print
Date: 1650 – 1699
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Subjects: maximiliaan hendrik van beieren, historical persons, symbols of christ ~ animals, water-birds: pelican
Emperor Charles V (1500–58, r. 1519–58)
Object type: medal
Date: 1537 – 1537
Materials: silver
Artist: hans reinhart the elder
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: german
Artist dates: 1500 – 1581
Subjects: kings,coat of arms
Page from Eyn Newe kunstlich moetdelboech alle kunst (Page 6r)
Object type: book print ornament architecture
Date: 1532 – 1532
Techniques: woodcut
Artist: peter quentel
Artist role: publisher
Artist nationality: german
Artist dates: 1500 – 1550

Published by Peter Guentel, Cologne. The only recorded copy (incomplete) of Peter Guentel's second edition of this model book. Illustrated title page and 31 pages of designs.
Portret van Martin Hinrich Lichtenstein
Object type: print
Date: 1800 – 1832
Materials: paper
Techniques: stippling
Location: germany
Artist: franz joseph leopold
Artist role: print maker
Artist dates: 1783 – 1832
Subjects: zoology (+ portrait of scholar, scientist), historical persons
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Plate
Object type: plate
Date: 1810 – 1830
Materials: earthenware
Techniques: transfer
Culture: british
Location: england
Artist: ralph stevenson
Artist role: maker
Artist nationality: british
Artist dates: 1805 – 1832
Subjects: fortification
Portret van Hugues-Bernard Maret
Object type: print
Date: 1818 – 1842
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Location: france
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: historical persons, politician, e.g. party leader

Met facsimile van zijn handtekening onder het portret.
Compositiestudie
Object type: sketchbook leaf
Date: 1896 – 1901
Materials: chalk
Location: amsterdam
Artist: george hendrik breitner
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1857 – 1923
Inscriptions: annotation: ‘Zürich Fritz Meijer/ Frankfort/ Alb. Cuypstr. 272 atelier/ [...]’

Pagina 2 uit een schetsboek met 37 bladen.
Traité pratique de la retouche des clichés photographiques
Object type: book
Date: 1881 – 1881
Materials: paper
Techniques: printing, woodburytype
Location: paris
Artist: p. piquepé
Artist role: fotograaf
Vrouw, in profiel
Object type: sketchbook leaf
Date: 1915 – 1934
Materials: paper, pencil
Location: the hague
Artist: isaac israels
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1865 – 1934
Subjects: adult woman (+ sideview, profile)

Blad 20 recto uit schetsboek XXV met 23 bladen.
Puttengraver
Object type: print
Date: 1719 – 1719
Materials: paper
Techniques: letterpress printing
Location: nuremberg
Subjects: well, handicrafts, craftsman at work
Inscriptions: stamp, collector's mark: Lugt 1641

In een landschap kijkt de puttengraver naar een damp die uit de grond opstijgt. Hieruit kan blijken dat ter plekke een bron is. Op de voorgrond laat een man een lantaarn in een put zakken om de zuiverheid van de lucht te controleren. Onderwerpsrubrieken binnen de Atlas Zeden en Gewoonten: Handel, Nijverheid en Verkeer, Beroep en bedrijf, Complete suites.
Man in een cape
Object type: drawing
Date: 1649 – 1649
Materials: ink, paper
Location: zwolle
Artist: harmen ter borch
Artist role: draughtsman
Artist dates: 1638 – 1677
Inscriptions: date
Verzamelaarsalbum met houtsneden van Christoffel van Sichem
Object type: prentrecueil, prentenalbum, prentalbum
Date: 1740 – 1808
Materials: paper, parchment
Techniques: bookbinding
Location: antwerp
Subjects: new testament, old testament
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2166, inscription: ‘15/ C. 10’

Verzamelaarsalbum met 750 opgeplakte houtsneden en 2 typografische titelpagina's op 135 blauwe albumbladen. Daarbij twee houtsneden los in het album. Het betreffen voornamelijk boekillustraties van Christoffel (II) en Christoffel (III) van Sichem, afkomstig uit publicaties van Jacob Pietersz Paets en Jan Klooster. Vooral bij Paets werden de houtsneden herhaaldelijk gebruikt en in verschillende contexten. De betekenis van meerdere voorstellingen in dit album is alleen af te leiden uit de plaats van de prent tussen de andere houtsneden. De houtsneden werden gesneden naar ontwerp van verschillende Nederlandse en Duitse prentmakers. Perkamenten band met achterin een los ovaal blauw blad.
Studieblad met zeegezichten
Object type: sketchbook leaf
Date: 1825 – 1875
Materials: paper, watercolor
Techniques: brush
Artist: petrus johannes schotel
Artist role: draughtsman, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1808 – 1865
Subjects: sailing-ship, sailing-boat, sea (seascape)
Inscriptions: number: ‘33’

Studies van zeilschepen op zee. Blad 16 recto uit een schetsboek met 44 bladen.
Glass bottle in the shape of a bird
Object type: bottle in the form of a bird
Date: 1 – 100
Materials: glass, onyx
Culture: roman
Subjects: birds

Translucent blue. Trefoil, slightly thickened and rounded rim, turned to one side from body; long neck, expanding downwards, that merges with horizontal ovoid body, drawn out at back into a long, thin tail with round tip; bottom of body slightly flattened (but vessel does not stand upright). Intact; thick, creamy brown weathering covering most of exterior with some patches of dulling and iridescence. Bluish and opaque blue onyx vase.
Tobacco box
Object type: tobacco box
Date: 1701 – 1800
Materials: brass
Subjects: men,women

The box is oval; its lid depicts an amorous couple stretched out on a bed. A second woman peeks around one of the curtains. Inscribed below: Klaes nemt de borst van Trientie in de hant terwijl hij groen in’t heart na’t ander wat tertant (Klaes takes Trientie’s breast in his hand, while with desiring heart heart he longs for the other). The underside shows another indoor scene framed by brick walls. A couple is smoking, the woman seated on the man’s knees, while another woman looks on from behind the curtains. Inscribed below: Moegt ick lieve meijt u lippen eens genaken wij souden allebij in het paradeijs geraken (Dear girl, could I touch your lips, both of us would be in paradise). With lined rims and molded edges, the borders and sides engraved with leaf scrolls.
Russia, from the National Flags series (N195) issued by Wm. S. Kimball & Co.
Object type: print
Date: 1891 – 1891
Techniques: color lithograph
Artist: william s. kimball & company
Artist role: publisher
Subjects: coat of arms,flags

Trade cards from the "National Flags" series (N195), issued in 1891 by W.S. Kimball & Co. to promote Hard Tack Cut Plug and Mechanics' Long Cut Tobacco.
The right hon. G.O. Trevelyan, M.P.
Object type: page
Date: 1875 – 1880
Materials: paper
Techniques: woodburytype
Location: london
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: politician, e.g. party leader
Gezicht op de Montelbaanstoren te Amsterdam
Object type: print
Date: 1903 – 1938
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Artist: frans everbag
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1877 – 1947
Subjects: tower, clock tower ~ monumental adornment, canals, waters (in city)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2760, collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Op de voorgrond twee schuiten en de reflectie van de Montelbaanstoren in het water.
Carolyn Mishner
Object type: painting, miniature
Date: 1825 – 1825
Materials: ivory, watercolor
Culture: american
Artist: hugh bridport
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: american, born england
Artist dates: 1794 – 1875
Subjects: portraits,women
Fragment du déluge
Object type: print
Date: 1824 – 1824
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Location: paris
Subjects: adult woman, the flood and destruction of mankind ~ story of noah (genesis 7:10 - 8:17)

Prent vermeld in: Bibliographie de la France (1824), nr. 32, 7 augustus 1824, p. 484.
Case (Inrō) with Design of God of Longevity (Jurōjin) and a Small Boy with a Tortoise (obverse); Pine Tree by Stream (reverse)
Object type: inrō
Date: 1801 – 1900
Materials: coral, gold, lacquer, metal, silver
Techniques: fundame, hiramakie, inlay, polish
Culture: japanese
Artist: kakōsai
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: japanese
Subjects: animals,boys,turtles
Pitcher
Object type: pitcher
Date: 1848 – 1856
Materials: porcelain
Culture: american
Location: united states
Artist: charles cartlidge and company
Artist role: maker
Artist nationality: american
Artist dates: 1848 – 1856

The mid-nineteenth century porcelain manufactory of Charles Cartlidge and Company in Greenpoint, Brooklyn produced a variety of slip-cast wares for the middle class market. The firm offered a wide array of forms which included tablewares and pitchers, along with mundane, everyday objects (inkstands, paper weights, spittoons, etc.) to highly specialized items. Among the company’s favorite designs are the relief-molded pitchers of either corn and cornstalks or oak leaves and acorns, like this example. The most significant Cartlidge pitchers are those with shields and inscribed with names, often made for tradesmen or saloon keepers. The size of this pitcher is unusual and it is one of only a few known of this large capacity. The inscription, "C. Cartlidge," is for the firm’s proprietor and factory founder Charles Cartlidge, in whose family this pitcher descended.