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Drawing, Lip-spout pitcher

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Giuseppe Barberi and created by Auguste Bergeret. It is dated 1700–1725 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is black chalk, pen and ink, brush and blue-gray wash on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.

It has the following markings

Watermark: Anchor in ovoid, above six-pointed star, below F

It is inscribed

Inscribed in ink, below: Augte Bergeret No 9 Souvenir du Duc Caetani Rome

Cite this object as

Drawing, Lip-spout pitcher; Designed by Giuseppe Barberi (Italian, 1746–1809); Auguste Bergeret (French); black chalk, pen and ink, brush and blue-gray wash on paper; Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-2139

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