Collection Highlights
Common Sense
Date:
1776
Object Number:
LIB.Y1776.Paine.com
Medium:
Pamphlet, paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pitcher: mottled brown/green/cream
Object Number:
1966.5
Date:
1800-1840
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/8 x 6 1/8 x 4 3/8 in. ( 18.7 x 15.6 x 11.1 cm )
Description:
Wheelthrown yellow ware baluster-shaped pitcher, banded at waist, and banded under rim with cabled border, footed with grooved strap handle with protruding terminus, mottled brown 'Rockingham' glaze with copper green patches.
Gallery Label:
This type of pitcher was also known as Whieldon ware. It belonged to Matthew and Elizabeth Sharpe of Conshohocken, Pa.
Credit Line:
Gift of Katharine Prentis Murphy
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
