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A Liverpool Transfer-Printed Creamware \'George Washington / Liberty and Independence\' Pitcher
Estimate: $800-$1,200
Sold
$600
Live Auction
Collect: American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts
Description
A Liverpool Transfer-Printed Creamware 'George Washington / Liberty and Independence' Pitcher
English, 19th Century
one side with a portrait of George Washington surrounded by allegories of Justice, Liberty, and Victory, within a chain of fifteen states; the opposite with poetic verse and imagery including a Phrygian cap and laurel wreath.
identified Edward Brown beneath the spout.
Height 8 inches.
Condition
In overall fine and stable condition. Mouth rim with gilt loss throughout and small chip above handle. Light rubbing to handle. Hairline to body near spout.
Provenance
Literature: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.Verse transfer inventoried as L.23 and illustrated p. 130 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.