Green Glazed Pottery Wine Ewer by Peter Hutson, New Zealand
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Peter Hutson N.Z. Colonial green glazed pottery wine ewer tapered squat wide form with curved and tapered thickness handle. Lustrous green glaze, impressed potter's monogram to base. Height 22 cm. Note: Peter Hutson, an engineer by training, arrived in Wellington on the "Christian McAusland" in 1872. He established a brick and pipe manufacturing business in Waring Taylor Street in 1883 but moved it in 1900 to Wallace Street, where the factory and kilns eventually occupied the whole block between Hargreaves and Rolleston Streets. The factory closed in 1930, a victim of the depression; only the manager's house remains on the corner of Wallace and Hargreaves Streets.
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- Ewer / Pitcher - A type of jug with a narrow neck bulbous body and wide spout, originally used for carrying and storing liquids such as water or wine. In medieval times they were the source of water to wash ones hands during and after a meal. later the shape was used for vessels in silver, gold, glass and ceramics.
In Victorian times they were made in ceramics and occasionally glass with a matching basin, and sometimes other accessories such as a soap holder or toothbrush holder. Their purpose was to provide facilities for personal washing In the early 19th century were often enclosed in purpose built stands, and later resided on a washstand..
Sometimes the words "ewer" and "pitcher" are used interchangably, but a pitcher is generally considered to be a jug, and would have a wide mouth, and a gently tapering body.
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