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Pitcher

1700–1710
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 710
The whimsical birds and flowers on this pitcher are typical of the designs that influenced American slipware in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Pitcher
  • Date: 1700–1710
  • Geography: Possibly made in Staffordshire, England
  • Culture: British (American market)
  • Medium: Earthenware with slip decoration
  • Dimensions: H. 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm)
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1924
  • Object Number: 24.225
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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