Art Institute of Chicago
Pitcher
Tucker Porcelain Factory (American, 1826–1838)LinkedCulture matchlcp-b006c19c0af6
- Date
- 1828–35
- Medium
- Porcelain and glaze, with enamel and gilding
- Culture
- Philadelphia
- Department
- Arts of the Americas
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 159878
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
The Tucker family was one of the first American firms to produce porcelain, and it also was the first to create wares that successfully competed with imported French porcelain. This pitcher not only attests to the technical achievements accomplished in American ceramics at the beginning of the 19th century, but it also demonstrates the company’s wholesale adoption of the current French style. Its shape is characterized as “Grecian” in Tucker pattern books, and the gilded bands and vibrantly enameled swags of polychrome flowers and tassels are examples of contemporary neoclassical design.
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