Cream Pitchers and Bowl
Original OwnerOriginally owned by the
Chase family
(American)
MakerMade by
Unknown
Date1810-1830
MediumMechanically-molded buff-colored earthenware with a blue tinted glaze and underglaze cobalt blue decoration
DimensionsComponent (height x width x diameter at rim of cream pitcher .a): 3 1/2 x 4 3/4 x 2 3/4in. (8.9 x 12.1 x 7cm)
Component (height x width x diameter at rim of cream pitcher .b): 3 3/8 x 4 3/4 x 2 3/8in. (8.6 x 12.1 x 6cm)
Component (height x diameter at rim of bowl): 3 5/8 x 7 1/4in. (9.2 x 18.4cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of Barbara Hancock Chase Mayer in memory of her father, Harry Hancock Chase
Object number1986.86.1a-c
DescriptionTwo buff-colored earthenware cream pitchers (.a and .b) and a bowl (.c) with a blue-tinted lead glaze, a type of ceramic known as pearlware. All three objects have a similar hand-painted underglaze cobalt blue decoration. The cream pitchers and bowl have a band of solid blue at the rim, with flowers, vines, and leaves hand-painted with wide brush strokes down the sides. The bottom of the inside of the bowl has an additional pattern of leaves hand-painted in underglaze cobalt blue. A handle has been applied to each cream pitcher, opposite the spout. Where the handle meets the body of each cream pitcher, it is decorated with an impressed pattern creating the appearance of leaves. Each handle has also been decorated with a hand-painted underglaze cobalt blue pattern of small leaves.
The surface of one cream pitcher (.b) is rough where the decoration has been applied. This cream pitcher and the bowl (.c) are painted with the same leaf designs, suggesting that they are a set. The second cream pitcher (.a) has a slightly different pattern, although following the same description as above.
The bowl (.c) has a hairline crack running from the rim down toward the center of the bowl.
NotesOwner Note: The Chase family owned a home at 400 North Main Street, and later at 419 North Main Street, in Wallingford, Connecticut.The surface of one cream pitcher (.b) is rough where the decoration has been applied. This cream pitcher and the bowl (.c) are painted with the same leaf designs, suggesting that they are a set. The second cream pitcher (.a) has a slightly different pattern, although following the same description as above.
The bowl (.c) has a hairline crack running from the rim down toward the center of the bowl.
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