A painted metal pitcher with a handle and spout is centered in the image. The pitcher features colorful decorations including red circular motifs and yellowish-green leaves with a yellow bird. The color palette consists of deep brown, red, greenish-yellow, and a golden beige background. The pitcher is positioned in the center of the image, angled slightly to the right, with its handle on the left and the spout extending diagonally upwards to the right.

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Toleware Coffee Pot

Max Soltmann (American, active c. 1935)

c. 1937

Medium: oil paint on paperboard
Classification: Index of American Design
Dimensions: overall: 50.6 x 37.5 cm (19 15/16 x 14 3/4 in.) ; Original IAD Object: 9" high; 6" wide
Culture: American
Museum: National Gallery of Art, CG-W
Credit line: Index of American Design
Rights: Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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