The William Ellis Tucker China Manufactory
Pitcher
1826-1837
Scroll
The William Ellis Tucker China Manufactory
Pitcher
1826-1837
Physical Qualities
Porcelain, gilt decoration, 9 1/2 x 7 5/8 x 5 5/8 in. (24.1 x 19.4 x 14.3 cm)
Credit Line
Purchase with exchange funds from Bequest of R. Elisabeth Arens and Adelaide Arens Morawetz, from the Estate of Henry Arens; Bequest of Ellen Howard Bayard; Nelson and Juanita Greif Gutman Collection; and The Mary Frick Jacobs Collection
Object Number
1992.120
Wendy A. Cooper. Classical Taste in America 1800-1840. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art; New York: Abbeville Press, 1993, page 182.
Figure 11. Tucker Pattern Book I, nos. 58, 59. Library, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Rare Book Collection. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Tucker China 1825-1838, 5/4-9/9/57, Plate IX, p. 23 (for letter 'T'). Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, American Porcelain 1770-1920, NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1989, pp. 14-20.
Inscribed: Painted on side of vase enclosed in wreath "S[T?]"