[Pewter Objects]

Artist Ludwig Belitzki (German, 1830 - 1902)

Date1854

MediumSalt print

DimensionsImage and sheet: 8 7/16 × 6 13/16 inches (21.43 × 17.3 cm)
Mount: 18 1/8 × 13 5/8 inches (46.04 × 34.61 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: acquired through the generosity of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2026.39.6

Signednone

InscribedOn image recto, bottom, blind stamp: “COLLECTION / MENUTOLI / LIEGNITZ”.

MarkingsOn mount recto, bottom, white label with black type: “32.”; On mount verso, upper left, in pencil: “5.0”; On mount verso, upper right, in pencil: “15002”.

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DescriptionImage of six pewter objects displayed in two rows of three. The top shelf includes a slender lidded pitcher with a ribbed neck and flared body, a barrel-shaped canister with an oval crest, and a lidded vessel with raised relief figures across the lower half. The bottom shelf includes a small decorative pitcher that depicts a bearded man, a large horizontal orientated barrel shaped vessel, and another jug featuring an identical bearded face motif.Provenance

Provenance

With Vintage Works, Ltd., Chalfont, PA, by 2025;

Purchased from Vintage Works, Ltd., by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2026.

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