Presentation Pitcher Given to Daniel Woodward of Lowell, Massachusetts
date: label: date made
content: ca 1859
label: presentation date
content: 1859-04-09
notes: label: Description
content: Circular urn-shaped pitcher on a double-domed, circular pedestal base with large, thick scrolls of flat-chased and repousse grapevines on its ovoid body forming a symmetrical reserve at front engraved in script "Presented / to / Daniel Woodward Esq"r. / By the hands employed by him / in No 1 Basement Room Tremont Mill. / Lowell April 9\th/.. 1859." Applied beading at deeply curved rim with wide pouring lip, top of pedestal and bottom of base; large raised bead around shoulder. Cast and flat-chased, S-curve grapevine handle. Circular medallion or tag applied to underside of rounded bottom is embossed "* ROGERS, SMITH & C\o/. (arched) / (flourish) / N\o. / NEW HAVEN, C\T/. *" and struck incuse at center "1856".
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Hartford
label: place presented
content: United States: Massachusetts, Lowell
topic: label: Subject
content: Presentation
label: Subject
content: Textile Processing and Production
label: Subject
content: Workers
label: Subject
content: Retirement Party
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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 Stephen Neal Dennis
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0988.01
label: accession number
content: 1981.0988
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0988.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pitcher
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 7 1/8 in x 4 7/8 in; 25.4 cm x 18.0975 cm x 12.3825 cm