Ewer

1730-1780

Measurements

9-1/2 in x 5-1/4 in x 4-3/4 in (dia)

Materials

Tin-glazed white earthenware, pewter

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, The David Wilson Mansion, Inc.

Accession Number

1971.773

Inscription

“AM / DM / 17[ ]1” is scratched into the top of the lid.

Condition Notes

The handle was repaired and repainted in the spring 1959 by H. Eberhardt & Son of Philadelphia, per a written card inside the ewer.

Provenance

Ex coll. Mrs. E. Tatnall (Mary Corbit) Warner

Comments

The bulbous body has a slender neck that flares outward.  A strap handle is applied to one side, opposite a small pouring lip. A molded pewter lid and shell-decorated handle attaches to the ewer handle with a pewter strap.  The broad, rounded foot has a molded strip of pewter wrapped around it and joined by solder.  The underside of the bottom is unglazed and shows the arced marks of cutting it from the potter’s wheel.

The ewer body is decorated in blue with a landscape of buildings, stylized trees, and large five-petaled flowers whose stems form a V under the spout.

The scratched inscriptions on the lid appear to be of later origin.