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Pitcher

about 1790–1800
Medium/TechniqueCreamware, with transfer-printed and enamel decoration
DimensionsH. 11 1/2 in.; W. 10 in.; Diam. 7 in.
Credit LineGift of Timothy Phillips in memory of Thomas F. Phillips, Jr.
Accession number2011.2124
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCeramics
Collections
Provenance1790, possibly one of 100 pitchers commissioned by Samuel Jenks (b. 1731 – d. 1801), Charlestown, MA [see note 1]. About 1999/2000, William and Teresa Kurau (dealers), Lempeter, PA; about 1999/2000, sold by William and Teresa Kurau to Timothy Phillips, Cambridge, MA; 2011, year-end gift of Timothy Phillips to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 30, 2011)

NOTES:
[1] At the time, he was captain of the Independent Fusiliers of Boston.


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