The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Pitcher

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 774

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: Within gold shield outlined in olive banches under the spout: [in all caps] PRESENTED TO HIS EXCELLENCY BRIG. GEN. GEO. F. SHEPLEY MILITARY GOVERNOR LOUISIANA SEPT. 1863

Marking: PAINTED & DECORATED by Rudolph Thr. Lux. N.O. SEPT. '63 Gen. signed: Lux. N.O. 1863 Liberty signed Lux/N.O. '63
Provenance

Purchased by Lewises from Northeast Auctions, August 16 & 17, 2003, lot 865
See also
Who
Rudolph T. Lux (2)
What
Ceramics (29,320)

Clay (23,649)

Vessels (21,921)

Porcelain (11,369)

Pitchers (443)
Where
North and Central America (81,404)

United States (78,109)

Louisiana (15)

New Orleans (12)
When
A.D. 1800-1900 (80,185)
In the Museum
American Decorative Arts (11,825)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
The United States and Canada, 1800–1900 A.D.