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  • Pitcher
Datec. 1920–1937
Made inTexas, United States
MediumAlkaline-borax-glazed stoneware
Dimensions10 × 5 5/8 in. diameter (25.4 × 14.3 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of William J. Hill
Object numberB.2012.185
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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
ProvenanceDr. Georgeanna Herman Greer (1922–1992); Estate of Dr. Georgeanna Herman Greer; consigned to [Harmer Rooke Galleries, New York, November 18, 1992, lot 714]; [...]; [John St. Clair, Austin]; purchased by William J. Hill (1934–2018), Houston, 2003; given to MFAH, 2012.
Published References It is implied that this pitcher is the same one that was lent by Dr. Georgeanna H. Greer to the 1973 exhibition "Early Texas Furniture and Decorative Arts" and is discussed and reproduced in the accompanying catalogue on pages 206–7, 259. Harmer Rooke Galleries (New York, N.Y.). The Georgeanna H. Greer Collection of American Stoneware: A Premier Absentee Auction in Two Sessions. New York, N.Y.: Harmer Rooke Numismatists, 1992, lot 714. Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
No visible signatures, marks, or inscriptions

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