Liverpool pitcher with c-shaped handle and black transfer-printed decoration. Pitcher split (broken) into two pieces. One side of pitcher with gentlemen, priest and angel standing around memorial of George Washington. Around image are the names of the thirteen original colonies. Other side also with image of memorial of George Washington with eagle and female mourner. Title "Washington in Glory/ America in Tears" inscribed around this image. Herculaneum pottery mark between two images iwth eagle and banner.
pitchers (vessels)
earthenware
transfer printing
commemoratives
Pitcher
[Names of all thirteen colonies] "BORN / 1732 / DIED 1799/ FIRST / WAR / FIRST / IN / PEACE / FIRST / IN / FAME/FIRST / IN / VIRTUE" (Transfer-printed)
"WASHINGTON IN GLORY / GEORGE WASHINGTON / Born Feb [?] 1732 / Died Decr [?] 1799 / AMERICA IN TEARS" (Transfer-printed)
"E PLURIBUS / UNUM / HERCULANEUM POTTERY" (Transfer-printed)
Herculaneum Pottery (Maker)
Bequest of Eleanor Fayerweather
1993.815
Liverpool (Liverpool urban district, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom)
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