Pitcher
date: label: date made
content: late 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: Relief-decorated pitcher or ewer with inverted ovoid body and slender cylindrical neck rising to a trefoil-notched rim with elongated, almost flat pouring lip. Central band of decoration on body features three oval reserves containing allegorical representations of Faith (left of handle), Hope (right of handle) and Charity (front); other bands have strap- and scrollwork grounds with grotesque masks, female masks flanked by winged horses, and winged, bare-chested male and female figures. Cast, high-loop, S-curve handle has female torso, fruit, and mask on face. Removable circular foot screws onto threaded post attached to bottom of body and is secured with a square nut. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Europe
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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 Daughters of Mrs. Alice Pike Barney
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.382020
label: catalog number
content: 382020
label: accession number
content: 162081
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pitcher
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver plate (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 7/8 in x 5 5/8 in x 4 1/2 in; 27.6225 cm x 14.2875 cm x 11.43 cm