Nautilus Pitcher

Manufacturer Willets Manufacturing Company

Designer Walter Scott Lenox

Maker Walter Scott Lenox

Date1892

Geographic OriginUnited States of America | Trenton, New Jersey

MediumSlip-cast belleek porcelain

DimensionsOverall: H 9 3/8 x W 8 3/4 in. (H 23.8 x W 22.2 cm)

Credit LinePurchase 1948 J. Ackerman Coles Bequest Fund

Object number48.4

On View

Not on view

Object NamePitcher

Title Details

Label Caption Title Nautilus Pitcher

Label Caption Title "Cupid Jug"

Marks and Labels/StampsunmarkedProvenanceBelonged to Edwin Atlee Barber, purchased by Yale University at 1917 sale of the Barber Collection, deaccessioned by Yale and purchased by the Museum at that timeExhibition History"Hot, Hotter, Hottest: 300 Years of New Jersey Ceramics", Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (October 21, 2016 - March 14,2020).
"The Lenox Legacy: America's Greatest Porcelain, 1889-2005", Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (August 2008 - September 2011)
"Elegy in White: :The Legacy of Karen McCready", Newark Museum, Newark, New JErsey (2002).
"19th-Century America," Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York (1970)
Brooklyn Museum (March 16 - June 10, 1960)
"Early Arts of New Jersey: The Potter's Art, c.1680-c.1900," New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, New Jersey (Jan 24-Sep 3, 1956)

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