Digital Collections
Pitcher

Pitcher

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One creamware pitcher with black transfer decorations. The decorations depict the following: on one side, a sailing ship at sea. On the opposite side, an elaborate shield showing a deer in the center and a standing male figure on either side. Above the shield design are ribbons that read: "Industry Produceth Wealth". Below the central shield is printed: "Freedom with Innocence" and two other shields that read: "We Obey", and "Unanimity is the Strength of Society". Below the spout of the pitcher, grape branches are depicted, tied with a ribbon.

Pitcher

Pitcher

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One small copper luster pitcher. Top rim of pitcher is decorated with copper beading. Wide blue stripe runs around the neck of the pitcher and around the body. Vertical copper stripes run through the blue band at the body.

Pitcher

Pitcher

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Pitcher with covered, banded decoration on body and strap handle. Cone-shaped finial on lid.

Pitcher

Pitcher

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Sunderland type bulbous pitcher. White with mottled pink luster glaze, with an ornate handle and flaring spout with fan-like design under it.

Pitcher

Pitcher

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Half-gallon pewter pitcher with a bulbous body, flared foot, and an attached pewter handle.

Pitcher

Pitcher

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An octagonal white splatterware water pitcher decorated with a sponge effect and vertical lines in blue and purple.

Pitcher

Pitcher

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Pitcher with Adams rose design in red, green, and blue. Embossed bouquet of flowers on one side, embossed basket of flowers on other side. Egg and dart embossing on rim and base.

Pitcher

Pitcher

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Six paneled body with black transfer of tropical landscape.

Pitcher

Pitcher

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One mulberry transferware pitcher in the Cyprus pattern. The white body is octagonal, with scenes printed on each side, and mulberry decorative edging on the handle, base, and top inner and outer edge.

Pitcher

Pitcher

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A pitcher with polychrome decoration in brown, orange, green, and yellow.

Pitcher

Pitcher

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One small creamware Liverpool pitcher with black transfer bucolic scenes. The body of the pitcher is barrel shaped with a plain handle and a projecting, triangular lip. One scene is of a man reading a book by a wooded riverbank with a woman peering at him from behind a tree. The other scene is of a woman sitting in a chair in a garden landscape with two children standing near her.

Pitcher

Pitcher

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Bulbous pitcher with high collar, applied handle and two tooled lines inscribed at waist. Pinched collar spout with Albany slip glaze in deep brown with a clear salt glaze.

Pitcher

Pitcher

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Copper lustre pitcher with decorative faceting on bowl.

Pitcher

Pitcher

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Copper lustre pitcher with decorative blue band around bowl.

Pitcher

Pitcher

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Copper lustre pitcher with two decorative yellow bands around bowl.

Pitcher

Pitcher

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One transfer "Liverpool" style creamware pitcher. Black transfer-printed designs. On one side, "J. Aynsley Lane End", on the other: "The Dutiful Grandson". This piece is attributed to Richard Abbey of the Herculaneum Pottery. The tin handle was added by the GCVM tinsmith to create a "make-do."

Pitcher

Pitcher

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Pitcher. Clear glass, pillar-molded with 12 ribs. Steamboat ware.

Pitcher

Pitcher

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Pitcher with bands of colored slip in light-blue-gray, black-brown, rust and white.

Pitcher

Pitcher

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Redware pitcher with one handle.

Pitcher

Pitcher

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Bulbous stoneware pitcher with strap handle and coated with Albany slip of a deep brown glaze.

Pitcher

Pitcher

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A miniature redware pitcher. Single handle. Bulbous at center.

Pitcher

Pitcher

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A miniature redware pitcher. Glaze is brown with spots of green. Straight sides with a taper towards the opening and then a flared lip. Single handle.

Pitcher

Pitcher

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White pitcher with a printed black transfer design. Washed with blue, yellow, red, and green glazes. Marked "The Sailors Tear" and Mariners' Arms".

Pitcher

Pitcher

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Bulbous pitcher with flaring foot and a ribbed strap handle. Blue floral pattern on a white band outlined by blue.

Pitcher

Pitcher

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White pitcher with a pink transfer entitled, "Millennium." Richly scrolled handle, eight-sided foot and ribbed squat body. Transfer printed on bottom of pitcher: "Millennium".

Pitcher

Pitcher

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White pitcher with a tea leaf luster decoration

Pitcher

Pitcher

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Blue/white pitcher transfer of pastoral scene with castles. Rococo handle and paneled sides.

Pitcher

Pitcher

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Pink luster pitcher with large mouth and ornate handle. Abstract line design along pink band on pitchers mid-section. Small, simple flatly colored leaf-like design around neck and flat luster streak along handle.

Pitcher

Pitcher

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Yellow ware pitcher with handle and an embossed scene of cherubs.

Pitcher

Pitcher

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Pitcher with one handle. Lead glazed interior,

Pitcher

Pitcher

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White bodied earthenware pitcher with pearlware glaze. Raised decorative scenes on each side of deer and stags in landscape. Pink lustre with green and blue detailing and applied handle.

Pitcher

Pitcher

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Bulbous pitcher with flaring mouth and rococo handle. White with free-hand polychrome decoration of flowers and leaves, etc. in red, blue, green and black. Dark brown decoration on handle. Has a "make-do" repair on the bottom with an unknown substance.

Plane

Plane

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Razee plane. Impressed on top: "1 3/4". Within circle on end: "D.R. Barton/1832/Rochester, N.Y."

Plaque

Plaque

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Plaque framed in a molded Sunderland luster-type frame with a black transfer design of a Bible verse (Job 14:10) within a wreath.

Plate

Plate

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Red transfer, landscape with 3 people in foreground, 2 in a canoe, and floral foliate and scalloped rim.

Plate

Plate

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White plate with gold painted border and fine gold circle in center of plate. Pierced handles painted with shell and leaf motifs. Two inch rim.

Plate

Plate

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Blue and white plate with pear design. European faience. Tin glazed and hand painted.

Plate

Plate

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Porcelain plate in a Canton design.

Plate

Plate

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Plate with pink luster band and leaves with red/green flowers.

Plate

Plate

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One of a set of four dishes, blue willow transfer pattern. Slightly scalloped rim, depressed center. Impressed, partial "star burst" on base.

Plate

Plate

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One of a set of four dishes, blue willow transfer pattern. Slightly scalloped rim, depressed center. Impressed, partial "starburst" on base.

Plate

Plate

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One pink lustre plate with transfer printed decorations in deep red at the center. Decoration in the center shows a bird with berries and flowers in reddish brown. Green hand-painted leaves have been added.

Plate

Plate

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Pearlware plate with large polychrome painted decorations. The plate has a scalloped rim and a center depression. The rim is hand painted with a rose-colored border. Floral designs in rose, green and blue are painted on the body of the plates. Has a raised, almost circular mark on the base.

Plate

Plate

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One creamware plate with overglaze, hand painted decoration. The plate has a border of two tone leaves (light and dark olive) with tiny red berries. The center of the plate has a well worn crest of a standing lion with one paw extended and a raised tail, with the Latin "FUIMUS" (We Have Been) in a banner. There is no ridge on the bottom of the plate.

Plate

Plate

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One blue and white earthenware Staffordshire plate with a border of heavy veined leaves and flowers. The center pattern is a scenic landscape with two ladies sitting on the ground with a man standing near them. Two cows are also in the foreground. The center area is a waterfall and the background has a village with ruins. There is little white on this plate.

Plate

Plate

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Pink luster plate with a large pink band along rim and an abstract squiggle design throughout. Single pinkish purple flower with two green leaves decorate the middle.

Plate

Plate

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One hand painted Chinese export porcelain plate that is part of a set of seven. The body is white with an orange peel texture, and the painted decoration is pink. The edge has a painted, cross-hatched, scalloped design and the center has a large spray of flowers with smaller sprigs and small insects painted around it. The edge of the rim has an orange-brown color.

Plate

Plate

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One hand painted Chinese export porcelain plate that is part of a set of seven. The body is white with an orange peel texture, and the painted decoration is pink. The edge has a painted, cross-hatched, scalloped design and the center has a large spray of flowers with smaller sprigs and small insects painted around it. The edge of the rim has an orange-brown color.

Plate

Plate

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One hand painted Chinese export porcelain plate that is part of a set of seven. The body is white with an orange peel texture, and the painted decoration is pink. The edge has a painted, cross-hatched, scalloped design and the center has a large spray of flowers with smaller sprigs and small insects painted around it. The edge of the rim has an orange-brown color.

Plate

Plate

Object/Artifact

One hand painted Chinese export porcelain plate that is part of a set of seven. The body is white with an orange peel texture, and the painted decoration is pink. The edge has a painted, cross-hatched, scalloped design and the center has a large spray of flowers with smaller sprigs and small insects painted around it. The edge of the rim has an orange-brown color.

Plate

Plate

Object/Artifact

One hand painted Chinese export porcelain plate that is part of a set of seven. The body is white with an orange peel texture, and the painted decoration is pink. The edge has a painted, cross-hatched, scalloped design and the center has a large spray of flowers with smaller sprigs and small insects painted around it. The edge of the rim has an orange-brown color.

Plate

Plate

Object/Artifact

One hand painted Chinese export porcelain plate that is part of a set of seven. The body is white with an orange peel texture, and the painted decoration is pink. The edge has a painted, cross-hatched, scalloped design and the center has a large spray of flowers with smaller sprigs and small insects painted around it. The edge of the rim has an orange-brown color.

Plate

Plate

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Fluted plate with English cornflower design in red, green, blue and black.

Plate

Plate

Object/Artifact

One hand painted Chinese export porcelain plate that is part of a set of seven. The body is white with an orange peel texture, and the painted decoration is pink. The edge has a painted, cross-hatched, scalloped design and the center has a large spray of flowers with smaller sprigs and small insects painted around it. The edge of the rim has an orange-brown color.

Plate

Plate

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One hand-painted Chinese export porcelain plate with floral decoration. The plate is roughly octagonal with a ground rim. There is a large center group of roses and other flowers painted in pink, lavender, rust-orange, and green. There is also a border of small sprigs around the edge. The rim and the line between the center pattern and the border have been lined with the rust-orange paint, and the inner line also has groups of three links. The body has a grayish-blue tint and an orange peel texture.

Plate

Plate

Object/Artifact

One hand-painted Chinese export porcelain plate with floral decoration. The plate is roughly octagonal with a ground rim. There is a large center group of roses and other flowers painted in pink, lavender, rust-orange, and green. There is also a border of small sprigs around the edge. The rim and the line between the center pattern and the border have been lined with the rust-orange paint, and the inner line also has groups of three links. The body has a grayish-blue tint and an orange peel texture.

Plate

Plate

Object/Artifact

One hand-painted Chinese export porcelain plate with floral decoration. The plate is roughly octagonal with a ground rim. There is a large center group of roses and other flowers painted in pink, lavender, rust-orange, and green. There is also a border of small sprigs around the edge. The rim and the line between the center pattern and the border have been lined with the rust-orange paint, and the inner line also has groups of three links. The body has a grayish-blue tint and an orange peel texture.

Plate

Plate

Object/Artifact

One hand-painted Chinese export porcelain plate with floral decoration. The plate is roughly octagonal with a ground rim. There is a large center group of roses and other flowers painted in pink, lavender, rust-orange, and green. There is also a border of small sprigs around the edge. The rim and the line between the center pattern and the border have been lined with the rust-orange paint, and the inner line also has groups of three links. The body has a grayish-blue tint and an orange peel texture.

Plate

Plate

Object/Artifact

One hand-painted Chinese export porcelain plate with an octagonal shape. The center image is of a temple or building of some sort, with an outbuilding, trees, rocks, a waterway, and a fence. A decorative gold border encircles the center and four floral groups define the outer edges of the plate. The paint colors include orange, white, green, blue, pink, purple, gold, black, and their variants.

Plate

Plate

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One hand-painted Chinese export porcelain plate with an octagonal shape. The center image is of a temple or building of some sort, with an outbuilding, trees, rocks, a waterway, and a fence. A decorative gold border encircles the center and four floral groups define the outer edges of the plate. The paint colors include orange, white, green, blue, pink, purple, gold, black, and their variants.

Plate

Plate

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One hand-painted Chinese export porcelain dish with shallow, paneled sides and a scalloped rim. The body is a grayish-white and has an orange peel texture. The painting is done in rusty-orange, brown, pink, lavender, and green. The center image is a basket with assorted flowers in it. A wavy line with dots forms an inner border, followed by a border of small flower sprigs and tiny leaves, then finally a narrow outer border of two lines with a row of dots between.

Plate

Plate

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One pearlware plate in a grape pattern with pink lustre details. The paints were applied by hand, and include a blue-purple color, as well as light green, yellow, rusty-orange, pink, and pink lustre.

Plate

Plate

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One pearlware plate in a grape pattern with pink lustre details. The paints were applied by hand, and include a blue-purple color, as well as light green, yellow, rusty-orange, pink, and pink lustre.

Plate

Plate

Object/Artifact

One pearlware plate in a grape pattern with pink lustre details. The paints were applied by hand, and include a blue-purple color, as well as light green, yellow, rusty-orange, pink, and pink lustre.

Plate

Plate

Object/Artifact

One pearlware plate in a grape pattern with pink lustre details. The paints were applied by hand, and include a blue-purple color, as well as light green, yellow, rusty-orange, pink, and pink lustre.

Plate

Plate

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One Buffalo Pottery earthenware plate, blue willow transfer pattern. Scalloped rim.

Plate

Plate

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One of a set of four dishes, blue willow transfer pattern. Slightly scalloped rim, depressed center. Impressed, partial "star burst" on base.

Plate

Plate

Object/Artifact

One of a set of four dishes, blue willow transfer pattern. Slightly scalloped rim, depressed center. Impressed, partial "starburst" on base.

Plate

Plate

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Pearlware plate with large polychrome painted decorations. The plate has a scalloped rim and a center depression. The rim is hand painted with a rose-colored border. Floral designs in rose, green and blue are painted on the body of the plate.

Plate

Plate

Object/Artifact

Pearlware plate with large polychrome painted decorations. The plate has a scalloped rim and a center depression. The rim is hand painted with a rose-colored border. Floral designs in rose, green and blue are painted on the body of the plate.

Plate

Plate

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Polychrome plate with flowers and fruit in reserves around the scalloped rim. Brown transfer titled "Amusement" in center of plate.

Plate Warmer

Plate Warmer

Object/Artifact

Brass-covered plate warmer. Adjustable tray on wrought iron frame with hooks for hanging on a fender.

Plate, Dinner

Plate, Dinner

Object/Artifact

Plain white, undecorated Ironstone plate.. On back: "IRONSTONE CHINA"/LION/UNICORN and seal in center/J & G MEAKIN/HANLEY/ENGLAND'. 1890+

Plate, Dinner

Plate, Dinner

Object/Artifact

One mulberry printed earthenware plate in the Vincennes pattern. There is a very blurry border with alternating panels of a stylized temple and one of flowers repeated over and over again. The center pattern shows a person standing on a bank of water with a large tree on the opposite bank and a number of buildings, including temple-like structures. The back is marked in mulberry: "JOHN ALCOCK / VINCENNES / COBRIDGE" and there is an impressed "10" (?).

Platter

Platter

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Platter with blue feather edges and cut corners.

Platter

Platter

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Platter with blue feathered edge.

Platter

Platter

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A white platter with cut corners and a blue embossed edge bearing the phrase “Best Goods”, the bottom is embossed with the letter “O.”

Platter

Platter

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A white platter with cut corners and a blue embossed edge.

Platter

Platter

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A humorous transferware platter featuring a scene in which a crowd of women, apparently responding to an advertisement for a wife, overwhelm an older man who fends them off with a chair, while his servant blocks the doorway from additional entrants. The design is based on Thomas Rowlandson's Dr. Syntax prints and publications. The rim is decorated with a floral garland. Within an oblong cartouche on the scene is the title "THE ADVERTISEMENT FOR A WIFE".

Platter

Platter

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A platter with cut corners and a moulded design on the rim brushed with blue glaze and finished with a blue shell edge.

Platter

Platter

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A platter with cut corners and an embossed edge filled with blue glaze, finished with a blue shell edge.

Platter

Platter

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An octagonal light blue and white platter with steep sides and an oval base. The decoration follows the standard Canton Chinese export pattern, depicting a river with a bridge, buildings, ships, and trees.

Platter

Platter

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A white platter with cut corners and a blue shell edge.

Platter

Platter

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Staffordshire platter with highly shaped outer edge. Freehand corn flowers in open areas, in green, black, red and blue.

Platter

Platter

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Rectangular platter with cut corners and blue shell edge.

Platter

Platter

Object/Artifact

Pearlware platter with blue feather edge.

Platter

Platter

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Feather edged pearlware platter. Base color ivory with a blue edge.

Platter

Platter

Object/Artifact

Pearlware platter with blue feather edge. The platter has six defined areas with one area dipping lower than the rest.

Platter

Platter

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Platter with green shell edge.

Platter

Platter

Object/Artifact

Blue transferware platter with Chinese temple pattern.

Platter

Platter

Object/Artifact

Pearlware platter with green shell edge. Impressed on the bottom of the platter: The mark has a central eagle.

Platter

Platter

Object/Artifact

One blue and white octagonal Canton platter with an oval base. The scene is a typical landscape, with bridge, buildings, trees, and ships.

Platter

Platter

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Scrolled design in blue on shaped rim and large roses with green leaves around rim. Pink and green shells in center.

Platter

Platter

Object/Artifact

Platter wide cut corners octagon shape with blue feather edge.

Plumb Bob

Plumb Bob

Object/Artifact

Surveying equipment. Early brass plumb bob.

Plumb Bob

Plumb Bob

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Surveying equipment. Early brass plumb bob.

Plumb Bob

Plumb Bob

Object/Artifact

Surveying equipment. Early brass plumb bob.

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