Pitcher (Goelet Schooner Prize)
This pitcher and an accompanying tray (on display in the Museum’s Henry R. Luce Center for the Study of American Art) were awarded to Samuel R. Platt’s schooner, Montauk, in 1882, the inaugural year of the Goelet Cup races off Newport, Rhode Island. The dynamic design, which incorporates a mermaid, a dolphin, seahorses, and seaweed, is punctuated with bright enamel in conventionalized floral motifs and is a testament to the designer, Charles Osborne’s consummate skill and original artistic vision.
Artwork Details
- Title: Pitcher (Goelet Schooner Prize)
- Maker: Whiting Manufacturing Company (American, Attleboro, Massachusetts, 1866–1926)
- Designer: Designed by Charles Osborne (1847–1920)
- Date: ca. 1883
- Geography: Made in New York, New York, United States
- Culture: American
- Medium: Silver, silver-gilt, enamel, glass
- Dimensions: 12 9/16 x 9 x 6 1/16 in. (31.9 x 22.9 x 15.4 cm); 74 oz. 19 dwt. (2331.9 g)
- Credit Line: Partial and Promised Gift of The Estate of Esther and Samuel Schwartz, Paterson, N.J., 2020
- Object Number: 2020.364.1
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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