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A Liverpool Transfer-Printed Creamware \'Emblem of America / Washington in Glory\' Pitcher
Estimate: $800-$1,200
Sold
$800
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Collect: American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts
Description
A Liverpool Transfer-Printed Creamware 'Emblem of America / Washington in Glory' Pitcher
Likely Herculaneum Pottery, England, Late 18th Century
one side with a standing portrait of Liberty holding an American flag, flanked by two Native Americans at left, plus seven vignette portraits of American historical figures including Christopher Columbus, Walter Raleigh, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin at right; the opposite with a print of a stylized Washington Monument noting Washington's birth and death dates and bearing a right-facing portrait, with mourning symbols and eagle.
initialed B.B. and with Masonic crest transfer beneath the spout.
Height 10 inches.
Condition
In overall fair and mostly stable condition. Shallow chip to mouth rim, with areas of gilt loss and inpainting to both upper and lower bands of decoration. Crazing visible most notably to underside. Residue present to interior. Signifanct networking of cracking and flaking to handle and spout, which would benefit from stabilization. Professionally restored with visible overspray under UV light. Please request additional images.
Provenance
Literature:'Emblem of America' transfer inventoried as A.22 and illustrated p. 66 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. 'Washington in Glory / America in Tears' transfer inventoried as W.46 and illustrated p. 207 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.