Pitcher
1840-1860
19th Century
6 1/4 in. x 6 1/4 in. x 6 1/4 in.
Artist/Maker Unknown,
Object Type:
Decorative Art
Medium and Support:
earthenware
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum; Gift of the Old Lyme-Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library, from the Evelyn McCurdy Salisbury Ceramics Collection
Accession Number:
1959.83
A copper lusterware pitcher. It has a thin angular body decorated with dark green lines and blue and lavender flowers. Lusterware is made by coating earthenware with a thin covering of copper oxide. Firing reduces the oxide leaving a thin layer of copper over the earthenware.