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Pitcher
Manufactured by: Union Porcelain Works (active 1863 until about 1922)
Designed by: Karl L. H. Müller (American (born in Austria), 1820–1887)
Designed by: Karl L. H. Müller (American (born in Austria), 1820–1887)
about 1876
Object Place: Greenpoint (Brooklyn), New York
Medium/Technique
Porcelain
Dimensions
Overall: 24.1 x 27.3 x 15.9 cm (9 1/2 x 10 3/4 x 6 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by The Karolik Society
Accession Number2008.72
CollectionsAmericas
DescriptionPorcelain pitcher with white bisque figures in low relief on both sides against a light tan background, with overglaze decoration in colored enamels at the rim. The handle is in the form of a seal or other animal; the spout is in the form of a tusked animal, perhaps a walrus.
Marks
Incised "U.P.W." on the low-relief keg of beer on the side of the vessel.
ProvenanceBy 2008, with the Stradlings, antique dealers in XXXXX; 2008, purchased for the MFA