PITCHER

Description: EARTHENWARE. BASE IS SLIGHTLY FLARED; TOP OF PITCHER IS ALSO FLARED, BUT ROUNDED. HAS A SMALL SPOUT AND TRIANGULAR HANDLE. BASE COLOR IS OFF-WHITE. HAS YELLOW FRUITS OR FLOWERS, GREEN LEAVES, ORANGE BUDS, AND BROWN STEMS PAINTED ON. LIP AND HANDLE HAVE ORANGE LINES PAINTED ON; THERE IS ALSO AN ORANGE LINE AROUND PITCHER, JUST AT THE BOTTOM OF HANDLE. BELOW THIS ORANGE LINE THE PITCHER HAS SLIGHT DECORATIVE INDENTS. BOTTOM OF PITCHER HAS MANUFACTURER'S MARK STAMPED ON IT, WHICH CONSISTS OF A LION BETWEEN THE WORDS "WADEHEATH" AND "ENGLAND".

History: UNSURE WHAT PITCHER WAS USED FOR. FRED DROSTE WAS BORN, RAISED, AND EDUCATED IN GERMANY. HE IMMIGRATED TO CANADA IN 1930 TO ENGELFELD, SASK. HE LATER MOVED TO NALCAM, SASK, AND THERE MARRIED MINA IN 1934. IN 1945 THEY MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE WHERE HE WAS EMPLOYED IN CARPENTRY (AT NEW ENERSON GARAGE). LATER HE WORKED FOR THE SEPERATE SCHOOL DISTRICT #9 AS MAINTENANCE MAN, AND RETIRED IN 1973. HE RESIDED IN LETHBRIDGE UNTIL HE PASSED AWAY IN FEBRUARY OF 2001. FRED WAS A MEMBER OF ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH WHERE HE WAS THE CHOIR DIRECTOR FOR 30 YEARS. *UPDATE* IN 2010 NICOLE HEMBROFF MET WITH LORENZE DROSTE TO DISCUSS THE OBJECTS HE HAD DONATED TO THE GALT ON BEHALF OF HIS FATHER, FRED DROSTE. SEE BELOW. DROSTE GUESSED THAT THE PITCHER WAS LIKELY SOMETHING THAT APPEALED TO HIS MOTHER, MINA DROSTE. SEE P20000020001 FOR MORE INFORMATION.