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

Water pitcher

Manufacturer Bailey, Banks & Biddle (American, September 10, 1832 -)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1900

MediumSilver

DimensionsOverall: 12 x 7 in. (30.5 x 17.8 cm)

InscribedStruck on bottom: "THE BAILEY BANKS & BIDDLE/925/1000/COMPANY" (maker and grade of silver) "BBB" (maker's mark) "925" (grade of silver) "S" (unknown) "1210" (pattern number) "6 P'T'S" (measure) "Sterling" (silver standard).

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number77.571

Not on view

DescriptionBaluster-shaped jug rising from a stepped foot and decorated with an art nouveau design of water lilies, leaves and other water flowers chased up the lobed sides of the jug in high relief. The applied handle is decorated with chased and applied cattails spreading around the lip of the pitcher.

Exhibition HistoryTREASURES FOR THE TABLE: SILVER FROM THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM. SILVER FROM THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM, The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, Decorative Arts Gallery, September 16, 1993-February 11, 1994 Published ReferencesDavid Revere McFadden and Mark A. Clark, TREASURES FOR THE TABLE: SILVER FROM THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM, (Hudson Hills Press: New York, 1989), no. 51, p. 86 for information, p. 89 for photo.