Object Number 1974.0033

Object Name

Jug (Pitcher)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Joseph Hemphill (Manufacturer)

Thomas Tucker (Possible designer)

Place of Origin

Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1833

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Underside; Painted orange-red script "Jo\s Hemphill/ Phila\ia/ 1833"
2. Inscription; Under lip; Gilt script "YDM" or "TDM"

Materials

Porcelain (hard-paste); Lime (alkaline) glaze

Techniques

Molded, Gilded, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

8.386 (H) , 8.898 (L) , 6.811 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

21.3 (H) , 22.6 (L) , 17.3 (W)

Measurement Notes

OH at handle, OL from handle to pouring lip, OW of body.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Catalogue] Philadelphia Museum of Art. 1957 Tucker China 1825-1838.
• General information on Tucker.
[Book] Frelinghuysen, Alice Cooney. 1989 American Porcelain 1720-1920.
• General information on Tucker pp.14-21.
[Manuscript] Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library. Tucker Pattern Books, 2 vols.
• General information on Tucker:
[Book] Cooper, Wendy A. 1993 Classical Taste in America 1800-1840.
• Pitchers as among Tucker's first production, this shape called "Grecian shape": p. 182, no. 140, left, 1827-38