Pitcher

Arts of the Americas

c. 1910

Clara Pauline Barck Welles
American, 1868–1965
Kalo Shop
American, 1900–70
Park Ridge, Illinois

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: Clara Pauline Barck Welles (Designer)
Title: Pitcher
Place: Park Ridge (Object made in)
Date: c. 1910
Medium: Silver
Inscriptions: Mark: "STERLING / HAND BEATEN/AT/KALO SHOPS/PARK RIDGE/ILLS./7526" on bottom. Inscription: Initial P in Old English script engraved on side of pitcher, for Mrs. Frederick Preston.
Dimensions: 16.5 × 11.4 cm (6 1/2 × 4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Dolores M. and Henry A. Preston
Reference Number: 1972.816

Wilmington, Delaware, Delaware Art Museum, The Pre–Raphaelite Era: 1848–1905 (Apr. 12–June 6, 1976), cat. 7–39, 177–178 (ill.).

Gift to Margaret Atwater Preston (1889-1968) on the occasion of her marriage on February 7, 1911 to Frederick Augustus Preston (1885-1947), Lake Forest, IL; given to their son, Henry A. Preston (1919-1999) and his wife, Delores M. Preston (1920-2015), Lake Forest, IL by 1968; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1972.

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