pitcher
date: label: date made
content: c. 1830
notes: label: Description
content: Raised, high-shouldered, inverted baluster-shaped pitcher engraved "EHJ" in flecked script on body below spout. Matching die-rolled bands of elongated leafy S-scrolls are used to join body to incurved neck and as the slightly tapered, seamed circular foot. Narrower decorative band of cornucopias, numerous flowers and fruits around exterior of the deeply curved rim with deep V-shaped pouring lip. Hollow, reverse-baluster, C-scroll handle with sprigged upper terminal attached to rim and split scroll lower terminal attached to shoulder. Underside of flat bottom struck equidistant from centerpoint with two "C"s in squares and "NEW-YORK" in a rectangle, both in raised roman letters. Very light.
label: Description
content: Mark not identified; needs further research.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.59.2193A
label: catalog number
content: 59.2193A
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pitcher
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 3/8 in x 9 5/8 in x 5 1/2 in; 23.8125 cm x 24.4475 cm x 13.97 cm