About the Artwork
Pitcher
ca. 1820
Mason & Co.
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English
Unknown
White stoneware (called 'patent ironstone china') with underglaze blue and overglaze polychrome enamel decoration
Overall: 7 9/16 × 7 5/8 × 6 1/4 inches (19.2 × 19.4 × 15.9 cm)
Ceramics
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of Mrs. O'Gallagher Allen, 1897
94.2
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
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Marked, in pencil, on unglazed bottom: 182C. Marked, printed: MASON'S | [a crown] | [a banner with words inside]: PATENT IRONSTONE/CHINA. Marked, paper label, on unglazed bottom: Gift of Mrs. O.G. Allen 1897
Provenance
Mrs. O'Gallagher Allen
1897-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Mason & Co., Pitcher, ca. 1820, white stoneware (called 'Patent Ironstone China') with underglaze blue and overglaze polychrome enamel decoration. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. O'Gallagher Allen, 1897, 94.2.
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