Blue transfer-printed pitcher with gilt decoration: bulbous pitcher with about 1" high collar, 1" deep spout and slight foot rim; flat handle curves upward from shoulder to flattened point and curves back to body in C-curve; allover design of light blue transfer-printed flowers on a dark blue background; gilt decoration over transfer-printing in an Oriental style; fruit-like devices with seven blue dots at star-like end of fruit are covered by a pattern of C-curves; fruit connected to flowering branches; conjunctures of handle with body picked out in gilt; gilt line runs down handle; gilt line around foot rim; gilt line around rim and some interior "feathering" of gilt on top of interior; white glaze at bottom; marks as follows: two impressed marks "DOULTON", transfer-printed brown mark: Crown over a roughly circular device containing "DOULTON" and "BURSLEM" and a circle of intersection "D"s on a brown background, and handpainted in red: "a 3219".
Made/Created
Manufacturer
Doulton & Company, Ltd.
Date made
circa 1882 - 1891
Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
Inscription
Transcription
See description
Dimensions
Dimension Description
Including handle
Height
5-1/2 in
Width
6-1/2 in
Diameter
5-1/8 in
Dimension Notes
Display Dimensions: 5 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 5 1/8 in. (14 x 16.5 x 13 cm)
Material
Gilt, Enamel, Earthenware
Condition
Notes
Remarks: Details of condition: Some grit on bottom and on body underglaze.
General Notes
Note Type
Curatorial Remarks
Note
Apparently not on appraisal.
Note Type
StorageNote
Note
Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Montgomery Place, Breakfast Room