Pitcher [stylized foliage motif]

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Pitcher [stylized foliage motif]
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  • Title :     Pitcher [stylized foliage motif]
  • Artist:     Gorham Manufacturing Co. Manufacturer
  • Accession:     87.1413.9.1
  • Country:     United States New York New York
  • Date:     1881
  • Dimensions:     Inches 9 8-1/4 7, Centimeters 22.9 21.0 17.8
  • Collection:     Object
  • Category:     Decorative Arts and Furniture
  • Collection Theme:     Art Nouveau
  • Subject:     Metal/Metal Design
  • Credit Line:     The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
  • URL:     87.1413.9.1.JPG
  • Tags:     Art Nouveau~Decorative Arts and Furniture
Description:
Sterling silver pitcher with chased and repousséd diagonal bands of leaves and flowers and other "Classical" decorative patterns on body and handle; peonies, poppies, chrysanthemums flanked by woven band of lozenge shapes of flowers and squares.