| Figure 3 Pitcher, Lily of the Valley pattern, U. S. Pottery Co., Bennington, Vermont, 1853–1858. Parian porcelain. H. 4 1/2". (Private collection; photo, Jay Lewis.) Upon hearing a description of this newly discovered design, a prominent American ceramic collector furnished this photograph of the complete pitcher, now conrmed to have been made at the U. S. Pottery Co. Figure 2 Pitcher fragments of parian porcelain in the Lily of the Valley pattern recovered from the U. S. Pottery Co. site during 1997 and 1998. (Courtesy, Bennington Museum; photo, Gavin Ashworth.) Figure 1 Miscellaneous ceramic fragments recovered from the U. S. Pottery Co. site during 1997 and 1998. Top, left to right: parian porcelain curtain tie-back, parian porcelain door plate. Middle, left to right: parian porcelain sailor boy with dog gurine, earthenware cow creamer. Bottom, left to right: yellow ware eur de lis. (Courtesy, Bennington Museum; photo, Gavin Ashworth.) |