Pitcher
date: label: date made
content: 1837-1860
notes: label: Description
content: Unlidded bulbous pitcher with spurred D- or ear-shaped strap handle, flared pedestal base, and inset, curved spout; no strainer. Fillet at neck and base; molded bead at seam. Underside of slightly convex bottom struck with maker's circular touch mark.
label: Description
content: Maker is Rufus Dunham (1816-1893) of Westbrook, Maine; working 1837-1860.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maine, Westbrook
topic: label: Subject
content: Beverages
label: Subject
content: Food Culture
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Alma R. Duckworth
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.300859.0032
label: catalog number
content: 300859.0032
label: accession number
content: 300859
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pitcher
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: Britannia (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pewter (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 5/8 in x 8 3/8 in x 5 3/8 in; 16.8275 cm x 21.2725 cm x 13.6525 cm