Pitcher
date: label: date made
content: ca 1850
notes: label: Description
content: "York Minster Jug" or "Minster Jug" pattern pitcher decorated with Gothic Revival designs in high relief, including two vignettes of the Madonna with Christ child and John the Baptist seated in arched niches above a grapevine border on opposite sides of the hexagonal body; architectural ornament fills the remaining panels, area below the curved rim with squared pouring lip, and 10-sided or decagonal base above the flared, circular foot. Open tracery handle. Pouted, conforming, hinged lid depicts Cupid preparing to pierce a woman in her side with an arrow. Gilt-washed interior. Double-walled construction. No marks evident.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Anonymous Gift
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.387290
label: catalog number
content: 387290
label: accession number
content: 185605
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pitcher
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver plate (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 in x 6 1/2 in x 4 5/8 in; 22.86 cm x 16.51 cm x 11.7475 cm