About This Artwork

Designed by John Cann and David Dunn
American, active 1855-1860
Retailed by John Cox and Co.
American, active 1817-1856

Pitcher, 1855/56

Coin silver
h: 38.7 cm (15 1/4 in.)
Marked on bottom in Roman capitals: "J & I COX / arm and hammer in oval / COIN (in losenge) / C: &D (in diamond) / N.Y. (in rectangle)
Bequest of Kate S. Buckingham, 1938.354

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Publication History

Judith A. Barter et al., American Arts at The Art Institute of Chicago: From Colonial Times to World War I (Art Institute of Chicago, 1998), pp. 179-80, no. 80.

Ownership History

Kate S. Buckingham, to 1938; The Art Institute of Chicago, 1938.