Object Details
- designer
- Bruce, J. E.
- unknown
- Description
- This hand-modeled and molded, unglazed red earthenware pitcher honors Frederick Douglass, "Slave Orator/ United States Marshall, Recorder of Deeds D.C./ Diplomat."
- Although the maker is unknown, we do know that the design for the pitcher was copyrighted by a J. E. Bruce of Albany, New York, in 1896, one year after Douglass's death.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ca 1895
- ID Number
- 1981.0353.1
- accession number
- 1981.0353
- catalog number
- 1981.0353.01
- Object Name
- pitcher
- Physical Description
- ceramic, earthenware, coarse (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 26.1 cm x 25.9 cm x 17.3 cm; 10 1/4 in x 10 3/16 in x 6 13/16 in
- Place Made
- United States: New York, Albany
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- Cultures & Communities
- Domestic Furnishings
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_576951
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-d6fa-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
