Syrup Pitcher
date: label: date made
content: ca 1879
name: label: maker
content: Meriden Britannia Company
notes: label: Description
content: Lidded, incurved or waisted pitcher on an arch-handled stand. Pitcher has a reeded waist, C-shape handle with rosette thumb piece, and a domed circular foot; stamped punched geometric designs encircle its upper body and a slightly rounded, hinged lid with ball finial covers its inset, curved, V-shaped spout. Fixed handle on stand ends in cast, wedge-shaped supports attached to a circular dish or saucer with central recess and die-rolled floral band at rim on a short tapered foot ring. Both pieces struck incuse on underside of their flat bottoms with a circular mark containing a pointed shield with balanced scales bordered by "MERIDEN / B. COMPANY" in sans serif letters above "32".
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Meriden
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Food
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Insilco Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0424.03
label: accession number
content: 1984.0424
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0424.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pitcher, syrup
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver plate (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: electroplated (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall-pitcher: 4 3/4 in x 4 1/2 in x 2 7/8 in; 12.065 cm x 11.43 cm x 7.3025 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall-stand: 7 3/4 in x 5 7/8 in; 19.685 cm x 14.9225 cm