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Pitcher
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Lidded, urn-shaped pitcher with ribbed lower half on a flared pedestal base with stepped, circular foot. Conforming, domed and hinged lid is topped by a cast, ruffled acanthus scroll. Incurved neck has curved rim and wide pouring lip. Bands of gadrooning applied at shoulder and foot. Right-angled, C curve wood handle, square in section, is pinned into a flared upper socket and scroll-ended lower socket. Underside of rounded bottom is struck with three side-by-side pairs of marks above "1"; "5" scratched on underside of base.
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Credit linePitcher. 1886-1928. National Museum of American History, Gift of Laura Dreyfus-Barney and Natalie Clifford Barney. CC0.
