A Tucker and Hemphill porcelain pitcher
circa 1835
Relief molded with a fox hunt.
height 9in (23cm); width 8in (20.5cm); depth 10 1/4in (26cm)
Provenance:
The Judson Family Collection of Philadelphia Tucker Porcelain.

Literature:
See Alice Cooney Frelinghuyen, American Porcelain 1770-1920, catalog image 12, p. 95, for a pitcher of the same shape, with different gilt and floral decoration.

In generally good condition overall. Typical wear, rubbing and loss to gilding and decoration, some scattered light abrasions. Gilding with some darkening. There are a few small scattered firing cracks overall and there is a large firing crack visible to underside encircling the footrim. Some kiln inclusions to interior basin. Some surface dirt and a few scattered pinpricks. No notable fluorescence under UV light. Old paper labels to underside inscribed “Anonymous 2-54” and “PMA S…154. Index card to interior inscribed “Henryhill(?) Water Pitcher with hunting scene in relief/polychrome floral bands with gold borders 1832/once owned by Mrs. Robert Coleman West Chester, Pa.” Another small label inscribed “1968/12.”