"Longfellow" pitcher
Richard Briggs
Wedgwood Manufactory
(Staffordshire, England, active 1759–present)
about 1880
Object PlaceEngland
Medium/TechniqueEarthenware
DimensionsOverall: 16.2 × 23.5 × 20.3 cm (6 3/8 × 9 1/4 × 8 in.)
Credit LineThe Lloyd and Vivian Hawes Collection
Accession number2000.697
ClassificationsCeramics
InscriptionsInscribed: Excelsior/ Hiawatha/ Evangeline/ Miles Standish/ Olden Legend/ Tales of a/ Wayside Inn./ Psalm of the/ Keramos/ Round/ Turn, turn, my wheel! Turn round and/ Without a pause without a sound: / So spin the flying world away!/ This clay, well mixed with marl and sand,/ Follows the motion of my hand;/ For some must follow and some command. / Though all are made of clayProvenanceEarly history unknown; such pitchers were retailed in Boston by Richard Briggs beginning in 1880; from the noted collection of Lloyd and Vivian Hawes, Wellesley, Massachusetts.
