Physical Qualities
Hard-paste porcelain with enamel and gilt decoration, 9 7/8 x 10 3/8 in. (25.1 x 26.4 cm)
Credit Line
Middendorf Foundation Fund, and Albert H. Cousins Memorial Fund
Object Number
2003.234
Mold-formed sculptural pitcher with all-over polychrome and gilt decoration, consisting of tusk-adorned walrus-form spout, bear-adorned applied handle, and bisque reliefs representing "King Gabrinus introducing lager into the United States...[and] Bill Nye and Ah Sin, the 'Heathen Chinee,' who has just been caught with" cards falling from his sleeves. Egyptian lotus-patterned decoration on front or spout face taken directly from Owen Jones' 1856 "The Grammar of Ornament."
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2003; Post Road Gallery, Larchmont, New York
Markings: BASE, underneath, (stamped in yellow) "UNION/PORCELAIN/WORKS/GREENPOINT/N.Y."; (stamped in black) "U.P.W." above a bird's head, with a plant or serpent clutched in its beak.
On View: American Wing Second Floor, Scott 05B/Case 2
