Pitcher
date: label: date made
content: ca 1900
notes: label: Description
content: Lidded, spiral-fluted pitcher on a flared circular foot; cylindrical neck and globular body twist in opposite directions. Flat, hinged lid is topped by a cast spiral-fluted knop. Covered, squared-edge, inset spout. Hollow, pointed handle, oval in section, is attached to thin wood insulators and flared sockets. Underside of rounded bottom is struck "F. B\ROS" in raised serif letters in a rounded rectangle next to an illegible mark, "EP / BM" in raised serif letters in a shaped shield, and "1215" over "4".
label: Description
content: Maker is Fenton Brothers of Sheffield, England, 1859-1896; became Fenton Bros. Ltd., 1896-1938.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, Sheffield, Sheffield
label: place used
content: United Kingdom: England, South Tyneside, South Shields
label: place used
content: United States: Wisconsin, Menomonie
label: place used
content: United States: Minnesota, Lake Park
topic: label: Subject
content: Beverages
label: Subject
content: Drinking
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John H. Crea
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.66.0552
label: catalog number
content: 66.0552
label: accession number
content: 265238
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pitcher
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver plate (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: electroplated (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (insulators material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/8 in x 6 3/8 in x 4 7/8 in; 20.6375 cm x 16.1925 cm x 12.3825 cm