Four-Gallon Churn

Georgia

  • Titles Four-Gallon Churn (Descriptive)
  • Medium alkaline glazed stoneware
  • Dimensions 19 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (49.5 x 21.6 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of the Weissman-Sellers Family in honor of Nancy Stone, AFI.105.2008
  • Work Type churn
  • Classification Containers

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Coffee and tea service consisting of (.1) coffee pot, (.2) teapot, (.3) creamer, and (.4a-b) covered sugar, each completely covered with a repoussé pattern of leaves and flowers in the Rococo-revival style, the lidded coffee pot of pear shape with curved spout, S-scroll handle insulated with ivory, domed lid and flower finial, the lidded teapot globular with curved spout, C-scroll handle insulated with ivory, and flower finial, the creamer also globular with scrolled handle and beak-shaped spout, the covered sugar with two scrolled handles and flower finial, each piece on slender stepped foot and engraved on base with the initials "GJH" for "Gena Jones Holt"
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Woman ("Salamina") in traditional Inuit costume, sitting on ground, peering out over the arctic waters, shielding eyes from sun with right hand.