Pitcher
Rudolph Christ

Details
Title
Pitcher
Artist/Maker
Rudolph Christ
Date
ca. 1790–1800
Medium
Slip-decorated glazed earthenware
Dimensions
6 5/8 x 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches
Credit
Purchase with funds given in honor of a friend and loyal benefactor of the Museum and Nancy Fraser Parker
Accession #
1998.1
On View
Currently not on view
Rudolph Christ was the second master potter at the Moravian settlement in Salem, North Carolina. During his tenure there, Christ is credited with introducing a distinctive black glaze to Moravian pottery. A beautiful form characteristic of the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, this pitcher, with its extraordinary slip decoration, is in remarkably good condition; it is one of three known pitchers made while Christ was master. A primary example of Moravian pottery, it also represents the second generation of slip-decorated pottery from that unique colony.
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