Pitcher with Masonic Symbols
Thomas Maddock's Son's Company |
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| Name/Title: | Pitcher with Masonic Symbols |  | | Date Made: | 1902-1929 | | | Maker: | Thomas Maddock's Son's Company | | | Nationality: | American | | | Place Made: | USA: New Jersey, Trenton | | | Materials: | Transfer-print graniteware | | | Measurements: | overall: 12 x 6 in.; 30.48 x 15.24 cm | | | Accession Number: | 84.84.2 | | | Credit Line: | Special Acquisitions Fund | | | Object Type: | Food Service T & E | |
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Tall pitcher with silver lustre rim, handle, and base. It is decorated with an enamelled transfer-print entitled "Taking his First Degree" and depicts a Masonic candidate riding a billy-goat. The opposite side shows a Masonic altar.
The Maddock pottery company progressed from the manufacture of vitreous sanitary china to a specialty of producing ceramics for hotel use, souvenir purposes, and fraternal organizations. Maddock had the "in-house" ability to produce their own decals and transfer engravings in order to customize a standard line of souvenier ceramic forms that included pitchers, tankards, and plates. The overglaze enamelling process permitted Maddock to copy the fine line detail designs from steel engravings.
From: John D. Hamilton. "Material Culture of the American Freemasons." Lexington, Mass.: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum and Library, Inc., 1994, page 235-6.
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