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Metadata
Catalog Number |
C07.531 |
Title |
Jug painted by Celia Thaxter |
Object Name |
Pitcher |
Description |
Round earthenware jug with long neck and ear handle; painted with boughs of leaves and ripe olives; on neck a Greek inscription; inscribed on bottom: "Celia Thaxter/Nov. 1st 1881." Printed mark on bottom "I.V.W." in diamond. |
Date |
1881 |
Artist |
Celia Thaxter |
Dimensions |
H-6.875 Dia-5.25 inches |
Material |
earthenware |
Place of Origin |
England; decoration: Piscataqua area |
Provenance |
Part of Isles of Shoals Collection transferred from Portsmouth Public Library in 1995. Translation of text:" [The] always-seeing eye of Zeus Morios now watches, and bright-eyed Athena." Sophocles, "Oedipus at Colonus" line 705, in a choral song about the olive tree. There are a couple of errors in the Greek lettering. |
People |
Thaxter, Celia (Laighton), 1835-1894 Brown, John Appleton, 1844-1902 Rutledge, Lyman Vincent, 1884-1977 |
Search Terms |
Isle of Shoals Collection |
Subjects |
Ceramic Ware Handpainted |
Relation |
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