Art Institute of Chicago

Cow Pitcher with Lid

Possibly designed by Daniel Greatbatch (American, born England, active 1838–c. 1861)

Date

c. 1855

Medium

Earthenware with glaze

Culture

Bennington

Department

Arts of the Americas

Institution

Art Institute of Chicago

Ceramic animal figurines have been popular in the United States since the 18th century, and many were modeled after English prototypes, especially those made at Staffordshire potteries. The whimsical cow creamer—a popular mid-19th-century form—is decorated in Rockingham glaze, an inexpensive, ubiquitous brown glaze that was popularized by American potteries, especially in Bennington, Vermont.

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