Pitcher, Water

One water pitcher from the propeller-driven steamship, MARY WARD. The pitcher is made of heavyweight glazed white ironstone china. It is has an open top with a wide spout, a scalloped top edge, a tall decorative handle with a thumb rest, and an oval-shaped body which has curved sides that form a wide bottom with a flat oval-shaped base. At the top, the sides are decorated with a wide red stripe that has gold-colored edging. Raised decorations on the sides are embellished with a gold-colored, stylized floral leaf design. Gold-colored embellishments are also shown at the base of the handle, and a narrow gold-colored stripe encircles the base. Old English style gold-colored text on both sides reads "Propeller Mary Ward." The underside has an adhesive label with red text that reads "Hurd, Leigh & Co., Toronto, Decorators." A second adhesive paper label with black handwritten text reads "This pitcher salvaged from Steamship Mary Ward, wrecked in the Georgian Bay, 1871 [1872] - Capt. W. J. Johnston, Chicago."