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Pitcher

1851–71
Maker Roswell Gleason
Manufactured by Roswell Gleason and Sons
Overall: 22.2 x 20.3 cm (8 3/4 x 8 in.)
Silver plate

Classification: Silver hollowware

Object Place: Dorchester, Massachusetts

Accession number: 2010.480

Description: A lobed pitcher with a hinged lid, with a floral knob.

Provenance/Ownership History: Early history unknown; between 1960-70, inherited by Judith M. Braunfeld from her grandmother; 2010, gift of Braunfeld to the MFA.

Gift of Judith M. Braunfeld in honor of Rebecca V. Currier