Pitcher
date: label: Date
content: 1884
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Rookwood Pottery, American, 1880 - 1967
label: Designer
content: Laura Anne Fry, American, 1857 – 1943
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Red earthenware, thrown. The bulbous body tapers into a long cylindrical neck with a flaring lip. Throughout the form, prominent concentric ridges indicate the vessel is wheel-thrown. Squared handle applied at the shoulder on one side and small curved hook on the other. Body decorated with three large crabs in yellow and white underglaze slip, with stylized plant life in dark brown slip. Exterior: slip underglaze, yellow glaze over red earthenware, known as Mahogany ware; aventurine effects in glaze.
place: label: manufactured in
content: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Marcia and William Goodman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1984-84-6
objectType: label: Type
content: ceramics
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: pitcher
label: Type
content: pitcher
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: earthenware
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam.: 28.6 x 17.8 cm (11 1/4 x 7 in.)