29
A Liverpool Transfer-Printed Creamware \'George Washington / By Virtue and Valour\' Pitcher
Estimate: $1,000-$1,500
Sold
$750
Live Auction
American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts
Description
"color: rgb(38, 38, 38);">By virtue and valour, we have freed our country, extended our commerce, and laid the foundations of a great empire.
with monogram WS and spread-winged eagle transfer under the spout.
Height 9 1/2 inches.
A near-identical example is found in the permanent collection of George Washington's Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon, Virginia (M-5839).
with monogram WS and spread-winged eagle transfer under the spout.
Height 9 1/2 inches.
A near-identical example is found in the permanent collection of George Washington's Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon, Virginia (M-5839).
Condition
Light crazing throughout vessel. Areas of finish loss to handle. Small chip at spout. Wear to underside and mouth rim commensurate with age and use. No apparent areas of cracks or repairs visible under UV light examination.
Provenance
Literature:Washington portrait inventoried as W.29 and illustrated p. 202 in David and Linda Arman's Anglo-American Ceramics, Part I: Transfer Printer Creamware and Pearlware for the American Market, 1760-1860, Oakland Press: Portsmouth, Rhode Island, 1998. 'By Virtue and Valour' transfer inventoried as B.10 and illustrated p. 72 in David and Linda Arman's Anglo-American Ceramics, Part I: Transfer Printer Creamware and Pearlware for the American Market, 1760-1860, Oakland Press: Portsmouth, Rhode Island, 1998.