Artistic Pitchers and Jars

Illustrations of elegant pitchers and jars capturing the craftsmanship of pottery and metalwork from the early 20th century.

John Dana, Sugar Bowl with Cover, c 1936 Sugar Bowl with Cover
John Dana, Sugar Bowl with Cover, c 1936 Sugar Bowl with Cover
Stoneware Jar. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 27.9 x 22.8 cm (11 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: 16" High 12" Dia.. Medium: watercolor, colored pencil, graphite and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Annie B. Johnston.Margaret Golden, Grease Lamp, c 1941 Grease LampPitcher (Amberina). Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 35.4 x 28 cm (13 15/16 x 11 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George Yanosko.JJ O'Neill, Teapot, c 1938 TeapotYolande Delasser and John Tarantino, Jug, c 1937 JugJug. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 30.5 x 22.8 cm (12 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: 17 1/2" High. Medium: watercolor, heightening, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: John Dana.Bowl. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 29 x 22.8 cm (11 7/16 x 9 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: John Dana.Pewter Pitcher. Dated: 1936. Dimensions: overall: 24.7 x 19.8 cm (9 3/4 x 7 13/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 3 1/2" high; 2 5/8" wide. Medium: graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Charles Cullen.Silver Caster. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 29.3 x 22.9 cm (11 9/16 x 9 in.) Original IAD Object: 4 3/8" high; 1 3/4" high. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Hester Duany.Four drinking cups with lid of bronze and brass, anonymous, c. 1882 - in or before 1887 photomechanical print  Belgium paper collotype / photolithography mug, beaker, gobletGA Spangenberg, Glass Bitters Bottle, c 1938 Glass Bitters BottleSilver Bowl. Dated: 1936. Dimensions: overall: 23 x 28.9 cm (9 1/16 x 11 3/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 3 1/4" high; 6 1/4" in diameter. Medium: graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Amelia Tuccio.American 20th Century, Lamp, 1935 1942 LampHardin Walsh, Coffee Grinder, c 1938 Coffee GrinderCharlotte Winter, Silver Pitcher, 1935 1942 Silver PitcherPa. German Bowl. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 35.2 x 24.6 cm (13 7/8 x 9 11/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Fritz Boehmer.Julie C Brush, Cream Pitcher, c 1936 Cream PitcherLawrence Flynn, Silver Mug, c 1938 Silver MugSilver Teapot. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 22.7 x 29.2 cm (8 15/16 x 11 1/2 in.) Original IAD Object: 7 3/4" high; 3 1/2" wide. Medium: graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Giacinto Capelli.Clear Glass Cruet. Dated: c. 1941. Dimensions: overall: 35.8 x 24 cm (14 1/8 x 9 7/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: V. L. Vance.Whiskey Flask. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 31 x 23.9 cm (12 3/16 x 9 7/16 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Alf Bruseth.Greek and Campanian clay pottery: Greek amphora 1, two-handle cup or diota 2, wine jug or oenochoe 3, vase or lecythus 4, flask or guttus 5, and jug or hydra 6. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquot's General History of Ancient French and Foreign Glazed Pottery, Chez l'Auteur, Paris, 1874.Study of utility objects: bucket Ren� Marjolin (1812-1895). Study of utilitarian objects: bucket. Graphite pencil. Paris, museum of romantic life.Kurt Melzer, Sperm Oil Street Lamp, c 1937 Sperm Oil Street LampCoffee pot, tea pot, cups, and saucers. William Chaffers (English, 1811 - 1892)Flask. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 36 x 26.4 cm (14 3/16 x 10 3/8 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Beverly Chichester.Nicholas Amantea, Crock, c 1936 CrockWilliam Ludwig and Kurt Melzer, Copper Candy Vessel, c 1939 Copper Candy VesselARAB METAL UTENSILS.  Egypt, engraving 1879Butter Dish. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 24.3 x 35.2 cm (9 9/16 x 13 7/8 in.). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Dorothy Posten.Richard Barnett, Stoneware Ink Bottle or Catsup Bottle, probably 1938 Stoneware Ink Bottle or Catsup BottleLamp. Dated: c. 1939. Dimensions: overall: 50.9 x 38.4 cm (20 1/16 x 15 1/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 20 1/4" high. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Walter G. Capuozzo.Can and Sugar Pot, Eduard Kidsmans, 1869 - 1890 print   paper etching tea- and coffee-service. container of metal: bucket, can, canister, drum, tinJoseph Rothenberg, Silver Porringer, 1936 Silver PorringerROMAN REMAINS JUST DISCOVERED AT WESTON TURVILLE, BUCKS.Ralph Atkinson, Vinegar Cruet, c 1939 Vinegar CruetFrank Gray, Willow Bound Flask, c 1940 Willow-Bound FlaskPottery found in the excavations of Montmartre tanks in 1887. Anonymous photography. Draw on albumin paper enhanced with paintings. Paris, Carnavalet museum. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 123624-15Frank Fumagalli, Cordial Glass, c 1936 Cordial GlassDesign for Glass and Silver Water Pitcher, with a Cover. Artist: George Richards Elkington (British, Birmingham 1801-1865 Denbinghshire). Dimensions: sheet: 12 3/8 x 5 3/8 in. (31.4 x 13.7 cm)sheet: 16 7/8 x 10 3/8 in. (42.9 x 26.4 cm) pasted down in a mat. Date: 1820-65. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Hester Duany, Silver Mustard Pot, c 1939 Silver Mustard PotRobert Stewart, Teapot, c 1937 TeapotQuart Stoneware Preserving Jar. Dated: c. 1941. Dimensions: overall: 34.2 x 19.4 cm (13 7/16 x 7 5/8 in.). Medium: graphite and watercolor on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: George V. Vezolles.John Hall, Toleware Coffee Pot, 1935 1942 Toleware Coffee PotCharlotte Angus, Bee Basket and Cover, c 1938 Bee Basket and CoverVases from Talavera and Valencia, Spain, 18th century. Hand-finished chromolithograph from Ris Paquot's General History of Ancient French and Foreign Glazed Pottery, Chez l'Auteur, Paris, 1874.Parian Pitcher. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 30.5 x 23 cm (12 x 9 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 7 1/2" High. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and colored pencil on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: John Matulis.Silver Teapot. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 22.1 x 30.3 cm (8 11/16 x 11 15/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 7 1/4" high. Medium: graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Vincent Carano.Richard Taylor, Coffee Grinder, c 1940 Coffee GrinderYolande Delasser, Jar, c 1936 JarSilver Teapot. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 22 x 30.4 cm (8 11/16 x 11 15/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 5" high. Medium: graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Giacinto Capelli.Giacinto Capelli, Salt Cellar, c 1937 Salt CellarAncient form vases depicted in the decorative sculptures of the Saint-Benoît-le-Bétourné church in Paris, 12th century. The Arts of the Middle Ages and at the Period of the Renaissance by Paul Lacroix, 1874Design for a tea cup 19th century Anonymous, French, 19th century French. Design for a tea cup 392419Pitcher. Dated: c. 1937. Dimensions: overall: 28.1 x 23 cm (11 1/16 x 9 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 11 3/4" High (at handle). Medium: watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Paul Ward.Roberta Spicer, Pitcher, c 1940 PitcherCoffee service in gilt silver (Style Louis XIII).. Drawings, Design drawings. 1880 - 1883. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Patterns (Design elements), Decoration and ornament, Silverwork, Victorian, Goldwork, Coffee servicesVase decorated with Asian motifs and dragons, c. 1875 - c. 1900 photograph   cardboard. photographic support albumen print container of ceramics: jar, jug, pot, vase. applied arts, arts and crafts; industrial design. dragonBasket with book and knitwork, Pieter de Goeje, 1789 - 1859 drawing   paper. chalk  still life of related objects. container made of plant material other than wood: basket. (other forms of) needlework, e.g.: crocheting, knitting, embroideringStamnos, cerámica griega ática con dibujo de una cuádriga (4520).Ornamental Goblet. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 29.2 x 23 cm (11 1/2 x 9 1/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Frank Fumagalli.Janet Riza, Compote, 1935 1942 CompoteGeorge File, Decorated Glass Flask, c 1940 Decorated Glass FlaskWine Glass. Dated: c. 1940. Dimensions: overall: 28 x 22.9 cm (11 x 9 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: John Dana.Helmut Hiatt, Jug  Peace and Prosperity, c 1936 Jug - Peace and ProsperityGlasflasche; Glaspokal.. Prints. 1912. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture CollectionRuby Mug. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 28 x 22.8 cm (11 x 9 in.). Medium: watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Albert Eyth.Edward D Williams, Shaker Cedar Basket, 1935 1942 Shaker Cedar BasketJohn Tarantino, Water Cooler, 1941 Water CoolerFrank McEntee, Drinking Vessel (Loving Cup), c 1936 Drinking Vessel (Loving Cup)Jug - "Peace and Prosperity". Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 25.4 x 20.3 cm (10 x 8 in.). Medium: black and white photograph. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Helmut Hiatt.Yolande Delasser, Grotesque Jug, c 1936 Grotesque JugAn egg in an egg cup, with its top taken off, and a second egg waiting to be eaten when the first one's finished, on this German Easter greetings card.        Date: 1901Gertrude Lemberg, Liquor Bottle, c 1936 Liquor BottleTwo French PUCKEN, conquered in the Battle of Malplaquet, 1709, 1713 - 1720 Two French timpani conquered at the Battle of Malplaquet in 1709. In the book with drawings of French banners, standards and timpani, conquered during the Spanish Succession War (1701-1713). Northern Netherlands paper writing (processes) / drawing Two French timpani conquered at the Battle of Malplaquet in 1709. In the book with drawings of French banners, standards and timpani, conquered during the Spanish Succession War (1701-1713). Northern Netherlands paper writing (processes) / drawing1. Apulian jug ; 5. Archaic Lekythoi, early Attic ; 2. Attic jug. still image. 1883. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Pottery , Greece, Pottery, Greek, Pitchers, Decoration and ornament , Greece, Decoration and ornament , Plant Forms , GreeceJohn Dana, Lamp, 1936 LampDrawing, Design for a Sugar Bowl; Made for Noritake; Japan; brush and watercolor, gold gouache, graphite on cream paper; 29.3 x 15.2 cm (11 9/16 x 6 in.) Mat: 35.7 x 45.7 cm (14 1/16 x 18 in.); 1985-14-19