MakerAttributed to
United States Pottery Company(American, 1852–1858)American, 1852–1858
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Pitcher
Datec. 1852–1858
Made inBennington, Vermont, United States
MediumMottled brown earthenware
Dimensions11 1/4 × 8 5/8 × 11 1/8 in. (28.6 × 21.9 × 28.3 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.72.98
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Kilroy Center
On view
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Department
Bayou BendObject Type
Related examples: Ketchum 1983, p. 112. See Barret 1958, pl. 68A, for a blue and white porcelain example, pl. 68B, for a graniteware example, and pl. 70B, for a Rockingham example.
Book excerpt: David B. Warren, Michael K. Brown, Elizabeth Ann Coleman, and Emily Ballew Neff. American Decorative Arts and Paintings in the Bayou Bend Collection. Houston: Princeton Univ. Press, 1998.
ProvenanceMiss Ima Hogg; given to MFAH, 1972.
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