Maker
Lyman, Fenton & Co.American, 1849–1852
Makeror
United States Pottery CompanyAmerican, 1852–1858
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Pitcher
Datec. 1849–1858
Made inBennington, Vermont, United States
MediumLead-glazed earthenware (flint enamel ware)
Dimensions6 5/8 × 4 1/2 × 5 3/4 in. (16.8 × 11.4 × 14.6 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.57.53
Not on view
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Department
Bayou BendObject Type
Related examples: Barret 1958, p. 26. pl. 24.
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.
Provenance[Whimsy Antiques, Arlington, Vermont]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1957; given to MFAH.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
[no inscriptions]
Impressed on underside: [Lyman, Fenton & Co. / Fenton's ENAMEL / PATENTED / 1849] / BENNING[TO]N, Vt.] [Barret 1958, p. 14, fig. IXa]
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Lyman, Fenton & Co.
c. 1849–1858
Lead-glazed earthenware (flint enamel ware)
B.57.16.A,.B
