Pitchers

Date1843-1855

Terms

Pitchers
Ceramic
Longport

Dimensions15.23 × 7.61 cm (6 × 3 in.)

MarkingsSeveral marks on ottom, see file for drawings. "T.J. & J. Mayer's Dall Hall Pottery, Longport". Registration mark indicates the design was registered July 2, 1850.

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Kimball C. Stevens (1962)

Object numberC1243

DescriptionCeramic, parian? Brown and white. Brown ground is pitted and ribbed to resemble the bark of a tree, branches and leaves white. Figure of a boy perched on a branch, holding a nest with nestlings and a bird approaching the nest with food in her mouth. On other side, a boy climbing the tree, his hat fallen off and his jacket caught on a limb of the tree. He is climbing to reach a nest with baby birds. Handle is part of a branch of the tree on which an ivy vine is twined.