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Creamer from New Zealand, 20th century A decorated silver creampot, circa 1800, by Paul Revere, Worcester Art Museum. A creamer is a small pitcher or jug designed for holding cream or milk to be served with tea or coffee in the Western tradition.
Pitchers are pottery that has been broken in the course of manufacture. Biscuit (unglazed) pitchers can be crushed, ground and re-used, either as a low-percentage addition to the virgin raw materials on the same factory, or elsewhere as grog. Because of the adhering glaze, glost pitchers find less use.
Durlin Brayton, a graduate of the Chicago Art Institute and self-employed carpenter, bought a kiln and built a small ceramics workshop out of his home in Laguna Beach, California around 1927. Alongside his wife, he produced a small set of dinnerware – place settings, teapots, pitchers and bowls – notable not only for the hand-pressed mold ...
European style ware, especially glazed ware, produced by native craftsmen, began early in the colonial period but was poorly done with only two colors, green and amber. Most decorative elements were stamped on with mixed Spanish and indigenous designs. The most common forms were jugs, pitchers and bowls, all for everyday use. [10]
French ceramic jug Covered cream jug, 1735, silver, Cleveland Museum of Art (US) A jug is a type of container commonly used to hold liquids. It has an opening, sometimes narrow, from which to pour or drink, and has a handle, and often a pouring lip. Jugs throughout history have been made of metal, ceramic, or glass, and plastic is now common.
In American English, a pitcher is a container with a spout used for storing and pouring liquids. In English-speaking countries outside North America , a jug is any container with a handle and a mouth and spout for liquid – American "pitchers" will be called jugs elsewhere.