Creamer
Staffordshire, England
1820-1840
Measurements
5-1/4 in x 6-1/4 in x 3-1/4 in
Materials
Glazed enamel and pink luster white earthenware
Credit Line
Historic Odessa Foundation, anonymous gift
Accession Number
2023.5
Provenance
The anonymous donor purchased the teapot and larger set from Heather Higgins Antiques, Winnetka, Illinois
Comments
The pink lusterware creamer or cream pitcher is rectangular with round corners. The rim transitions into a wide spout with a C shaped handle opposite. The sides of the body are landscape-painted in shades of pink. These stylized scenes were quickly executed by the decorator and suggest vague sources in Chinese porcelain decoration. The creamer stands on a base with molded gadrooning highlighted with dabs of pink luster. A stylized vine encircles the top of the body, above a narrow pink-luster band and below the pink-luster banded rim.
Pink lusterware was among the most popular Staffordshire ceramics and enjoyed great popularity in the United States.
