Pitcher
Rufus Dunham, American, 1815 - about 1882
about 1840
Pewter
Overall: 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm)
Base: 4 7/16 in. (11.2 cm)
Rim: 4 13/16 in. (12.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift from the collection of Ethel and Robert E. Asher, Class of 1931
M.991.7.10
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Food Service
Research Area
Decorative Arts
Not on view
Inscriptions
Marked, on base: HAM [partial mark of R DUNHAM, no rectangle (Laughlin, Vol. II, p. 100)]
Provenance
Robert E. Asher (1910-2008) and Ethel Watson Asher (1905-1987), Washington, D.C., 1988; given to present collection, 1991.
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