Pitcher

Creator

Langenberg, Conrad, 1830-1899

Date

• 1856-1893

Summary

• Earthenware pitcher attributed to Conrad Langenberg, Franklin, Sheboygan County, 1856-1893. Wide-mouthed earthenware pitcher. Two incised lines around neck. Applied strap handle terminates in impressed thumb mark. Interior coated with clear lead glaze; exterior unglazed.
• Conrad Langenberg was trained as a potter in his native state of Lippe-Detmold, Germany and migrated to the German Calvinist settlement of Franklin, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin in 1855. Langenberg made milk pitchers such as this example for use as cream separators. The bulbous bodies and wide mouths of these pitchers made them well-suited to their intended function--after the cream rose to the top, the user could remove it by swirling and flicking the vessel; the skimmed milk stayed in the lower part of the pitcher.