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American Decorative Arts
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Pitcher

1680–1700

Tin-glazed earthenware

9 1/4 × 5 7/8 × 4 5/8 in. (23.5 × 14.9 × 11.7 cm)
base: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)
Mabel Brady Garvan Collection
1931.1856
Geography: 
Made in Europe
Status: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Culture: 
European
Period: 
17th century
Classification: 
Containers - Ceramics
Provenance: 

Sill Family, Connecticut; descended to Adelaide Sill Tomlinson (Mrs. Charles C. Tomlinson) (1849–1912), Hartford, Conn. before 1877; sold to Irving W. Lyon (1849–1896), Hartford, Conn., 1877; inherited by his son Irving P. Lyon (1870–1944), Buffalo, N.Y., 1896; purchased by Francis P. Garvan (1875–1937), New York, 1929; given to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1931

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