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Pitcher

(American, founded 1917)
(American, 1904–1976)
1949–50
Object Place for LabelEast Liverpool, Ohio
Object PlaceEast Liverpool, Ohio
Medium/TechniqueWhite stoneware with gray glaze
DimensionsH. 7 in.; Diameter base: 3 1/2 in.; Diameter overall: 6 3/4 in.
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth Ann Coleman
Accession number2002.401.1
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCeramics
Collections
ProvenanceThe donor's grandfather, Glayde Coleman, worked at the Sterling China factory, and probably acquired the pitcher and plate while employed by the company; to his son, Andrew J. Coleman, and his wife, Dorothy Smith Coleman, m. about 1936; to Elizabeth Anne Coleman; to MFA 2002, gift of Elizabeth Anne Coleman.
CopyrightReproduced with permission.
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