Pitcher
Edward C. Moore (Tiffany and Company (American, founded 1837); New York)
1878
- Medium
- Silver, gold, and copper
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Dimensions
- 20.3 × 12.7 × 15.2 cm (8 7/8 × 5 1/4 × 6 7/8 in.)
- Culture
- New York City
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of the Americas
- Credit line
- Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Frank L. Sulzberger
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
An asymmetrical water scene, realized through a combination of hammering, engraving, and applied metal elements, wraps around the body of this pitcher. The vignette was almost certainly inspired by the work of Katsushika Hokusai, a Japanese artist known for his dynamic woodblock prints of the natural world. Tiffany and Company’s design library included three volumes of Hokusai’s work, many featuring the same graceful irises, enlivened dragonflies, and splashing carp visible on this pitcher.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
