Pitcher. 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. Generally a pitcher also has a handle, which makes pouring easier.
Ewer is an older word for a pitcher or jug of any type, though tending to be used for a vase-shaped pitcher, often decorated, with a base and a flaring spout. The word is now unusual in informal English describing ordinary domestic vessels.
A notable ewer is the America's Cup, which is awarded to the winning team of the America's Cup sailing regatta match. In modern British English, the only use of pitcher is when beer is sold by the pitcher in bars and restaurants, following the American style.
The word pitcher comes from the 13th-century Middle English word picher, which means earthen jug. The word picher is linked to the Old French word pichier, which is the altered version of the word bichier, meaning drinking cup. In the typology of Greek vase shapes jug or pitcher shapes include various types of oenochoe, and the olpe. An early mention of a pitcher occurs in the Book of Genesis, when Rebekah comes to Abraham's servant bearing a vessel with water. In the Book of Judges, Gideon gives empty pitchers containing lamps to three hundred men divided
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. Generally a pitcher also has a handle, which makes pouring easier.
Ewer is an older word for a pitcher or jug of any type, though tending to be used for a vase-shaped pitcher, often decorated, with a base and a flaring spout. The word is now unusual in informal English describing ordinary domestic vessels.
A notable ewer is the America's Cup, which is awarded to the winning team of the America's Cup sailing regatta match. In modern British English, the only use of pitcher is when beer is sold by the pitcher in bars and restaurants, following the American style.
The word pitcher comes from the 13th-century Middle English word picher, which means earthen jug. The word picher is linked to the Old French word pichier, which is the altered version of the word bichier, meaning drinking cup. In the typology of Greek vase shapes jug or pitcher shapes include various types of oenochoe, and the olpe. An early mention of a pitcher occurs in the Book of Genesis, when Rebekah comes to Abraham's servant bearing a vessel with water. In the Book of Judges, Gideon gives empty pitchers containing lamps to three hundred men divided
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