"Hercules" refrigerator pitcher

Manufacturer: The Hall China Company (East Liverpool, Ohio, active 1903 to the present)
Possibly designed by: J. Palin Thorley (American (born in England), 1892–1987)
Distributed by: Westinghouse Electric Company (American)

1940–1941

Object Place: East Liverpool, Ohio

Medium/Technique Porcelaneous stoneware with "Cobalt" blue glaze

Dimensions 23.5 x 17.8 x 8.9 cm (9 1/4 x 7 x 3 1/2 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Barbara McLean Ward and Gerald W. R. Ward

Accession Number2001.823a-b

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAmericas

ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Stoneware

Catalogue Raisonné V&A10

DescriptionTall molded pitcher, executed in a streamline design, is narrowly elliptical in section. Enclosed within its rounded, rectangular silhouette is a hollow handle that is integral to the vessel. Three horizontal indentations near base and a set-in foot are additional design elements. Removable triangular lid is bezel-set. Cobalt blue glaze.

Marks Stamped in black ink on unglazed base: "MADE EXCLUSIVELY FOR / WESTINGHOUSE / BY / The Hall China Co. / MADE IN U. S. A."

InscriptionsNone.

ProvenancePurchased by the donor on October 21, 2001 from Troy E. McHenry Co., Ltd., Auctioneers, of Cincinnati, Ohio; to MFA, 2001, gift of Barbara McLean Ward and Gerald W. R. Ward.