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Title: Little Pitcher have Big Ears
Post by: Beko on November 12, 2009, 10:01:57 AM: I have a 4" high "little pitcher with big ears" that I believe originally belonged to my grandmother. I want to pass it on to a niece but would like some information on origin and value. The base is white with 3 pink/green roses, gilded spout lip and large pink ear handles. The company name is scripted in gilt on the bottom but can't read all the letters. It's a fairly long name starting with "G" and may be two words. The patent number is 154691. I know the origin of the saying but can't find anything like it on line. Can anyone help?
Title: Re: Little Pitcher have Big Ears
Post by: syl on November 12, 2009, 10:10:42 AM: Can you post some pictures including any marks or writing on it?
Title: Re: Little Pitcher have Big Ears
Post by: Beko on November 12, 2009, 10:21:21 AM: I'll give it a try later today but the process is new to me.
Title: Re: Little Pitcher have Big Ears
Post by: KC on November 12, 2009, 01:19:33 PM: "Young children often overhear something they should not. For example, Don't use any swear words around Brian--little pitchers have big ears. This metaphoric expression, which likens the curved handle of a pitcher to the human ear, was already in John Heywood's proverb collection of 1546."

This saying has been documented in many stories since then - mostly in the late 1800's to early 1900's.
Title: Re: Little Pitcher have Big Ears
Post by: Beko on November 12, 2009, 08:55:32 PM: I have spent a couple of hours trying to attach photo(s) but it either times out or tells me the file is too large. Any suggestions?
Title: Re: Little Pitcher have Big Ears
Post by: dhoppy on November 12, 2009, 09:40:56 PM: crop your picturesto a size likr 5x7 that should help
Title: Re: Little Pitcher have Big Ears
Post by: regularjoe2 on November 12, 2009, 11:35:35 PM: Welcome to the forum , Beko.

I regularly take digital images @ around 10 Megapixels and have to 'resize' the images for posting on-line .

Keep an eye out (in 'properties' of your image file(s) ) that the kilobytes count is down towards the 1000 number , or much lower (even down to 150 or so) , to post images here .

Thanks for trying so hard to post them .
Title: Re: Little Pitcher have Big Ears
Post by: cogar on November 13, 2009, 07:40:46 AM: Quote from: Beko on November 12, 2009, 08:55:32 PM
I have spent a couple of hours trying to attach photo(s) but it either times out or tells me the file is too large. Any suggestions?

The simplest solution is to "Save a Copy for E-mail or Web" and then upload the copy.
Title: Re: Little Pitcher have Big Ears
Post by: talesofthesevenseas on November 13, 2009, 12:59:11 PM: Upload your photos on to http://www.photobucket.com (http://www.photobucket.com) and then you can paste a link to the photos here. If you have any trouble you can email me the photos and I'll upload them. :)
Title: Re: Little Pitcher have Big Ears
Post by: Beko on November 13, 2009, 05:02:03 PM: Here goes a try for the pictures. I couldn't get a clear representation of the base of the piece.
Title: Re: Little Pitcher have Big Ears
Post by: talesofthesevenseas on November 13, 2009, 05:15:39 PM: Holy cats!! :o You weren't kidding were you?!!! I was picturing something entirely different, thinking that the big ears would be represented in a more euphemistic way. This is quite literal!!!
Title: Re: Little Pitcher have Big Ears
Post by: Beko on November 13, 2009, 05:31:22 PM: Thanks for your help with the attachments. You have all been very helpful. The pitcher is great. I've loved it since I was a kid.