Princeton Key & Seal Club Pitcher

A ceramic glazed water pitcher. This is a very fine and rare water pitcher from the Princeton University Key & Seal Club. It has a stylish Art Deco form with the hand painted Key & Seal logo in black, and orange and black pin stripe accents. It is a heavy, well made piece of quality porcelain that is in pristine condition, both inside and out. The Key & Seal Club was one of a small number of private, member only dining clubs part of Princeton University during the early part of the twentieth century. The Key & Seal Club shuttered over a half century ago as life on and off campus changed. It was made by the Shenango China Company of New Castle, Pa., U.S.A. It is signed on the base of the jug with the fabulous full color Shenango Indian potter logo. This mark was in use from the 1930s through to 1948. As can be imagined, this is a very rare piece, with very few being made in the first place, and even fewer of them surviving the daily use nearly one hundred years ago. It