Helmet Pitcher
Dateca.1795
OriginAsia, China
MediumPorcelain, hard-paste with sepia and gold
DimensionsOverall: 5 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 6 1/2in. (13.3 x 8.3 x 16.5cm)
Credit LineGift of Ms. Laura Boys
Object number2008-149
DescriptionA shaped and fluted helmet-shaped cream jug with an American eagle in light sepia with gilt highlights painted on the side beneath the pouring lip and opposite the handle. The rim highlighted with gilding. The monogram "WLB" in gilding is within the shield. This cream jug is part of a service sold from the estate of the Brown family of Providence, Rhode Island.InscribedMonogram "WLB" in gilding within shield
ProvenanceLaura and Jack Boys, Newburyport, Massachusetts
David Overall, Elizabethtown, Kentucky
ca. 1800
ca. 1795
ca. 1760
1759-1769
ca. 1770
1790-1791
ca. 1765
1752-1758
ca. 1800
1815-1816
ca. 1760
ca. 1810