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Double walled pitcher dated April 17, 1854

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:400.00 USD Estimated At:800.00 - 1,500.00 USD
Double walled pitcher dated April 17, 1854
with repousse' scene made by the Meriden Britannia Co, Conn. This piece was commissioned for the Judge Thomas H. Baird Family (see monogram) who were early side wheel steamboaters as referenced in Emerson W. Gould's 1889 publication of 50 years on the Mississippi (see page 502) which states "Same year Judge Thomas Baird began towing coal to Hanging Kock, Ohio with a side wheel boat called the Harlem"