Pitcher
Stephen Richard

Details
Title
Pitcher
Artist/Maker
Stephen Richard (New York, active 1802-1834), designer and maker
Date
ca. 1830
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
14 1/2 x 9 3/8 x 6 1/4 inches
Credit
Virginia Carroll Crawford Collection
Accession #
1982.300
Motifs adapted from classical antiquity were popular choices for the decoration of silver made in the first half of the nineteenth century. Vessels made in the shape of urns or ewers and decorated with bold acanthus leaves, grapes, and grape leaves were associated with the grandeur of the ancient world. Many of these designs remained in fashion well into the 1850s, even when architects and design critics favored more elaborate floral decoration.
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