Pitcher
date: label: date made
content: 1857
name: label: owner; user
content: Bellamy, Ellen Washington
notes: label: Description
content: Raised, chased and repousse baluster-shaped pitcher on a domed and flared, circular pedestal base, engraved on front "E.C.W." in gothic or Old English letters inside a trefoil-shaped, ruffled C-scroll and floral reserve. Deeply curved, single-beaded rim with narrow V-shaped pouring lip. Matching floral decoration on top of base and face of the hollow, S-curve handle with chased acanthus sprig and lower bud terminal. Underside of rounded bottom is struck incuse to right of centerpunch with a vertically-oriented mark of "T / E / & / C\o" over an empty circle and diamond or lozenge containing "1 / 5 7 / 8"; "X" scratched on underside of base.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: place owned; place used
content: United States: Georgia, Macon
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Ellen Washington Bellamy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.0996
label: catalog number
content: 60.0996
label: accession number
content: 71656
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pitcher
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 5/8 in x 7 3/8 in x 5 5/8 in; 26.9875 cm x 18.7325 cm x 14.2875 cm