Pitcher with engine turned decoration

From the collections of PVMA • Digital image © Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Assoc. • Image use information

About this item

The incised decoration on this pitcher was done on unfired, leather-hard pottery using  an engine-turning lathe.  The “1 Qt. Pitcher” Elijah Williams bought from Orlando Ware’s Deerfield, Massachusetts, store for seventeen cents in 1803, might have looked something like this.

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Details

Item typeContainer
Food Service Equipment
Date1795–1805
PlaceEngland
TopicFood, Cooking, Beverage, Alcohol
EraThe New Nation, 1784–1815
MaterialClay
Process/FormatCeramic
Dimension detailsHeight: 6.50 in
Catalog #1880.010.02
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Pitcher with engine turned decoration. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/1880-010-02/. Accessed on December 5, 2024.

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