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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Covered pitcher
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.

Covered pitcher

Manufacturer Boardman & Co.
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1825
MediumPewter
DimensionsOverall: 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm)
InscribedLion mark stamped on bottom.
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.2365.17
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, 282, 1, 5 SHELF 3
DescriptionPlain covered pitcher with bulbous body and applied spout and handle. Flat finial on cover and raised foot.

Exhibition HistoryMyers House/Old Kitchen Published ReferencesLedlie Irwin Laughlin, PEWTER IN AMERICA, (Boston, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1940), p. 435; Ralph M. and Terry H. Kovel, A DIRECTORY OF AMERICAN SILVER, PEWTER AND SILVERPLATE, (Crown Publishers, New York, 1961), p. 321.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Samuel Kirk & Son
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