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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Pitcher
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Pitcher

Manufacturer Gorham Manufacturing Company (American, founded 1831)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1865
MediumSilver
DimensionsOverall: 9 3/8 x 9 1/4 in. (23.8 x 23.5 cm)
Base: 4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm)
InscribedLarge initial "S" monogrammed beneath spout. Marked on bottom: lion, anchor, gothic "G" and "530".
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number77.535
On View
Not on view
DescriptionSingle-handled pitcher. Large initial "S" monogrammed beneath the spout. Relief cameos of Greek-type male looking right (below spout) and female looking right (below handle). Two females looking left on either side.

New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Gorham Manufacturing Company
ca. 1866
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Gorham Manufacturing Company
ca. 1866
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Gorham Manufacturing Company
ca. 1870
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Gorham Manufacturing Company
ca. 1870
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Gorham Manufacturing Company
ca. 1870
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C.E.
4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2010.
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
1862
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Gorham Manufacturing Company
1877
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Gorham Manufacturing Company
ca. 1899
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Gorham Manufacturing Company
ca. 1899
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Gorham Manufacturing Company
1905