This rare pitcher is part of a series of functional forms designed and handcrafted by Weston Neil Andersen in the early years when he was developing ideas for a line of slip-cast functional ware used to launch Andersen Design, or Ceramics by Anderson, as it was originally called.

It is the only known example of this design but there could have been others cast. In those days the technology to create instant records did not exist. Work was often sold without a record of its existence being made.

The pitcher was most likely created when Weston was the Dean of the Art School at Akron Art Institute, in the late forties and early fifties.

At the Akron Art Institute, Weston had access to a state-of-the-art ceramic studio.

The lip of the spout is gently chipped.

Both the glaze and the form are original designs by Weston Neil Andersen.

The distance between the edge of the handle and the tip of the spout is seven inches.

The pitcher is five inches tall measured from the lip to the feet and five inches in diameter.

The pitcher is six inches tall measured from to tip of the spout to the ground.