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Your Price: $ 119.50
Item Number: 17313
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This is a wonderful, rare all white toiletry or wash pitcher, manufactured during the 1903 to 1910 time frame, which stands 12 inches tall and is 8 inches in diameter at its widest part. The pitcher carries the back stamp of the Burgess & Campbell Company, which is a crown in a circular ring with the words, Royal China above the crown. Noted by both Edwin Barber’s book, U.S. Marks on Pottery and Lois Lehner’s volume, U.S. Marks on Pottery, Porcelain, And Clay, the Burgess and Cambell name, under the crown trademark, was replaced by the name, International when the company formed new business partnerships in 1903.
Used before homes had indoor plumbing, the pitchers were accompanied by a wash basin for personal bathing. Water was poured from the pitcher into the basin, to wash, lather with the harsh lye soap, and rinse. Unfortunately, we do not have the companion piece basin that made this a wash set. At the estate sale purchase, we learned that only the pitcher had survived.
The International Pottery Company was one of a large number of potteries formed in the Trenton area during the late 1800’s that became known as the Staffordshire of America. In over-all marvelous condition for its 100+ years of age, there are no cracks, chips, or nicks. We do note that there is crazing to some areas and a yellowing/staining of the white porcelain, where over the years, minerals from the water have seeped through the porcelain. This staining on the pitcher is by the handle, at the top of the pour spout, and a small area below the pour spout.
If you have been looking for a seldom found pitcher from a well-respected and old pottery, this piece will do marvelously well as a focal point for an Early Americana display with its classic Victorian style and embossed shell and scroll treatment. |
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