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Design for a Pitcher

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Design of a pitcher decorated with light blue flowers on green and gray leaves; one branch reaches the lower part of the body.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
For
Noritake, Japan and New York, New York, USA
Date
1880–1910
Medium
Brush and watercolor, gold, white gouache, pen and ink on cream paper
Dimensions
29.1 x 15.4 cm (11 7/16 x 6 1/16 in.)
Mat: 35.7 x 45.8 cm (14 1/16 x 18 1/16 in.)
Type
tableware designs
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
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