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A Liverpool Creamware \'John Adams\' Pitcher
Estimate: $3,000-$5,000
Sold
$1,500
Live Auction
Collect: American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts
Description
A Liverpool Creamware 'John Adams' Pitcher
19th Century
one side with portrait of John Adams as president, flanked by allegories of Justice and Plenty, with puto bearing a Phrygian cap; the opposite with three-masted sailing ship at sea flying fifteen-star American flag.
with Success to America transfer beneath the spout.
Height 11 1/2 inches.
Condition
In overall fair and stable condition. Scattered crazing and few firing flaws throughout, including to underside. Rubbing to handle consistent with use. Small losses to both transfers. Scratches present to body at Success to American Transfer beneath spout. Professionally restored with visible overspray to spout under UV light. Please request additional images.
Provenance
Literature:Adams transfer inventoried as A.4 and illustrated p. 61 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.