Unknown American
Pitcher

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Maker Unknown American

CultureAmerican

Titles

Pitcher

Date19th century

Made inUnited States

MediumEarthenware (redware)

Dimensions3 1/2 × 1 9/16 in. (8.9 × 4 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg

Object numberB.62.29

Current Location

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens

Folk Art Room

On view

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Department

Bayou Bend

Object Type

CERAMICS

DescriptionPotters in many regions of colonial America and the early United States made red-bodied earthenware from local clay. Often it was decorated with slip (thin, liquid clay) and coated with lead glaze. This small pitcher features blotches of color that resulted from the potter’s application of metallic oxide under the glaze.
Provenance[Whimsy Antiques, Arlington, Vermont]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, September 12, 1962; given to MFAH, by 1966.

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