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Salamander Hound Handle Pitcher,

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Salamander Hound Handle Pitcher, American, ca 1837-50s, of Rockingham glazed stoneware with putty-colored interior, attributed to Salamander Works, New York City or Woodbridge, New Jersey. A hunt scene of hounds attacking a stag is on one side, and a boar being attacked by mastiffs is on the other, the neck decorated with a leafy hop vine and flowers and with a scalloped design on the shoulder. The back of the hound's paws have three incisions indicating digits, and the base is embossed B3, indicating the third largest size on the Salamander Works' 1837 price list, which called this design the "Hound Pattern." 8.75" high to top of handle; 8" high to top of spout. (See Goldberg 2003: 36-39, figs. 19, 20 for text and similar examples.)

Several tight hairlines and crazing.

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