Art Institute of Chicago

Pitcher

Tucker Porcelain Factory (American, 1826–1838)

Date

1828–35

Medium

Porcelain and glaze, with enamel and gilding

Culture

Philadelphia

Department

Arts of the Americas

Institution

Art Institute of Chicago

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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