Pitcher with Panther Handle
9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm)
Unknown, European
Object Type:
Metalwork
Medium and Support:
Bronze
Credit Line:
Buswell-Hochstetter Bequest
Accession Number:
1955.118
Location: Not currently on view
Collection:
Buswell-Hochstetter Collection
This is a modern replica of a pitcher found at Pompeii, now in the National Archaeological Museum, Naples. Identical pieces can be found in the sales catalogue of Sab. de Angelis & Fils, a Naples bronze foundry, around the turn of the 20th century.
Provenance
Bertha Hochstetter (Mrs. Henry) Buswell, Buffalo, NY; her bequest to the Gallery, 1941; lifetime interest held by her brother, Ralph Hochstetter, Buffalo, NY, until his death in 1955, when it passed to the Gallery
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Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
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Article Title: The November Exhibitions: The Buswell-Hochstetter Collections.
Article Scope: Article.
Memorial Art Gallery.
Gallery Notes.
Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995.
Volume Number: 21,
Issue Number: 2.
Issue Date: November-December, 1955.
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Article Scope: Mention.
Elizabeth Brayer.
Magnum Opus: The Story of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1988.
Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1988.
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