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Pitcher
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Raised baluster-shape pitcher with overall flat chased and repousse grapevine decoration on a cast footring with four grape cluster feet. Front of body is engraved "MAW" in flecked script. Hollow double C-curve handle has a leafy sprig with cabochon on top and grapevine decoration on face. Underside of rounded bottom struck "S. WILMOT" in raised roman letters in a rectangle. No centerpunch.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit linePitcher. ca 1850. Washington, Mary Anne Hammond. National Museum of American History, Gift of Mrs. Ellen Washington Bellamy. CC0.
