Syrup Pitcher
date: label: date made
content: 1862 - 1877
name: label: parent company
content: Meriden Britannia Company
notes: label: Description
content: Circular urn-shape pitcher on a beaded, conical pedestal base with matching, hinged lid topped by a cast bulbous vase that covers the inset curved spout. Flat-chased and engraved floral and strapwork designs decorate the incurved neck and ovoid body. Bands of large beads at rim and bottom of neck and base. Cast, leafy scrollwork S-curve handle has a flared shell or fan for the upper socket and a split-scroll lower terminal. Underside of rounded bottom is struck with an incuse circular mark for "R[OGERS, SMITH &] CO." curved around "NEW / HAVEN / CONN." Underside of pedestal is scratched "182". Used with stand DL.60.1147; from same service as teapot, DL.60.1146A.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, New Haven
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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 Miss Jennie M. Griswold
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.1146B
label: catalog number
content: 60.1146B
label: accession number
content: 56985
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Pitcher
label: Object Name
content: pitcher, syrup
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver plate (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: electroplate (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 in x 6 in x 3 1/2 in; 22.86 cm x 15.24 cm x 8.89 cm