Likely made in Baltimore, this elegant silver pitcher repeats the rounded body of earlier 17th- to 18th-century European silver and ceramic shapes, like the Worcester example nearby. By the 1840s, Baltimore was a booming city supported by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and industries like textiles and agriculture. While these industries were productive largely due to the labor of enslaved, indentured, and immigrant workers, the wealth generated by this industrial success was predominately isolated to white property owners. They were able to purchase oversized vessels made of silver, like this, which served as a symbol of their wealth rather than as a practical pitcher for drinking.