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"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

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ClassificationsCeramics

Collections

Americas

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 clay

ProvenanceEarly 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.