Pitcher
Tucker Porcelain Factory
1828–35
Medium
Porcelain and glaze, with enamel and gilding
Dimensions
H.: 25.4 cm (10 in.)
Classification
pitcher (vessel)
Department
Arts of the Americas
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
159878
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
The Tucker family was one of the first American firms to produce porcelain, and it also was the first to create wares that successfully competed with imported French porcelain. This pitcher not only attests to the technical achievements accomplished in American ceramics at the beginning of the 19th century, but it also demonstrates the company’s wholesale adoption of the current French style. Its shape is characterized as “Grecian” in Tucker pattern books, and the gilded bands and vibrantly enam...