Pitcher
With sources in antiquity, the hound-handled pitcher with a relief-molded hunt scene was an English pattern that was brought to America by the potter Daniel Greatbatch as early as 1837. Greatbatch first worked in Jersey City at the firm of D. and J. Henderson who were among the first American manufacturers to produce this form. This pitcher, similar in many of its features to an earlier example in the Museum’s collection, is attributed to the Salamander Works, the pottery to which Greatbatch subsequently moved. Together, these two hound-handled pitchers offer insight into the transatlantic flows of nineteenth-century ceramic design and the afterlives of imported patterns in the United States.
Artwork Details
- Title:Pitcher
- Manufacturer:Salamander Works (American, Woodbridge, New Jersey, 1825–1912)
- Date:ca. 1835–40
- Geography:Possibly made in New York, New York, United States; Possibly made in Woodbridge, New Jersey, United States
- Culture:American
- Medium:Earthenware
- Dimensions:Height: 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm)
- Credit Line:The Florence I. Balasny-Barnes Collection, Gift of Florence I. Balasny-Barnes, 2008
- Object Number:2025.794.16
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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