# Cow Pitcher with Lid

- By: Daniel Greatbatch (United States Pottery Company (American, 1847–58); Bennington, Vermont)
- Date: c. 1855
- Medium: Earthenware with glaze
- Classification: Ceramics
- Dimensions: 15.2 × 19.1 × 8.9 cm (6 × 7 1/2 × 3 1/2 in.)
- Culture: Bennington
- Credit line: Gift of Harry A. Root in memory of Curtis C. Palmer
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/180198)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/296fe872-31eb-cb6e-c3cd-f64ad1c349a9/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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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