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Apostle Pitcher
(18th and 19th Centuries )
This pitcher is part of a teaset comprising a small teapot, a large teapot, a waste bowl, a covered sugar bowl, and this pitcher. In 1842 Staffordshire potter Charles Meigh registered "The Minster Jug" design, in which stoneware was decorated with impressed Gothic architectural niches containing figures (often these pieces are referred to as "Apostle" pitchers). These designs were seen in the 1862 International Exhibition in London and proved popular. They were copied by American potters and a version is known in silver. This set would have been particularly appropriate for use in the home of its former owner, the Rev. Libertus Van Bokkelen (1815-1889), rector of St. Timothy's Church, Catonsville, Maryland. The pitcher's handle has been repared with six metal staples.
Inscription
Provenance
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Collection of Rev. Libertus Van Bokkelen, D.D., L.L.D [1815-1889] [1]. Amy Allison Stirling (Mrs Campbell Lloyd Stirling); by bequest to the Walters Art Museum, 1989.
[1] Rector of St. Timothy's Church, Catonsville, MD and grandfather of donor
Geographies
United Kingdom, England, Staffordshire (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 6 15/16 × W from handle to spout: 5 7/16 × D: 3 1/2 in. (17.7 × 13.8 × 8.9 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of Amy Allison Stirling, 1989
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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48.2595