Pitcher
date: label: date made
content: ca 1855-1860
label: engraved date
content: 1863
name: label: maker
content: Gorham Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description
content: Circular urn-shaped pitcher on an everted and flared, molded circular pedestal base, flat chased on front of its ovoid body with a curvilinear shield containing a five-pointed reserve engraved "W.G. AND M.F. / Dearth. / 1863." in gothic or Old English script surmounted by a crest of a griffin's head erased with a leaf in its beak on heraldic wreath. Incurved neck flares to a deeply curved, concave- and convex-beaded rim with V-shaped pouring lip. Hollow, tapered S-curve handle with serrated leaf. . Underside of rounded bottom is struck incuse "3" above Gorham trademark (left-facing lion passant, anchor, and raised serif "G", in individual surrounds) and "COIN(?)" below; "17/- TO\E" scratched on underside of base.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Rhode Island, Providence
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of the Misses Long
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.59.2285
label: catalog number
content: 59.2285
label: accession number
content: 113420
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pitcher
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 3/8 in x 7 1/8 in x 4 3/4 in; 26.3525 cm x 18.0975 cm x 12.065 cm