Design for Pitcher and Basin
date: label: Date
content: 1875–85
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A pitcher in the shape of a pilgrim's flask with small, knob handles occupies the upper half of the sheet. The vessel has a peacock-blue body and is decorated with suspended yellow wisteria blossoms and six flying moths below. The vessel is illustrated in elevation from both sides and also seen in plan. The pitcher is trimmed by a thin red border on all sides. A matching footed basin in plan and elevation occupies the lower half of the sheet. A ring of smaller yellow wisteria blossoms creates a wide border around the basin, while the bowl is pale green bordered by darker green moths. The bowl and basin rim are trimmed with red.
place: label: made in
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Paul F. Walter
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2010-33-2
objectType: label: Type
content: ceramics
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, graphite and black chalk on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 71.5 x 44.3 cm (28 1/8 x 17 7/16 in.)