The image shows a stoneware jug with a single curved handle on the left side and a spout at the top. The jug is grayish-brown with patches of blue. It is centered in the image, with the handle on the left and the jug slightly tilted to the right. There is a handwritten inscription on the front of the jug. The background is plain off-white.

Pitcher

c. 1940

Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard
Classification: Index of American Design
Period: 1926 to 1950
Image size: 3440 × 4340px

Description

The image shows a stoneware jug with a single curved handle on the left side and a spout at the top. The jug is grayish-brown with patches of blue. It is centered in the image, with the handle on the left and the jug slightly tilted to the right. There is a handwritten inscription on the front of the jug. The background is plain off-white.

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