Semi-vitrified white clay border with underglaze blue transfer print decoration. Round squat body with circular foot ring. Cylindrical mouth terminating in triangular spout with floral border bands interior and exterior. Flat-topped handle in molded and decorated bamboo form with inscriptions and US Seal with legend.
pitchers (vessels)
bamboo (material)
glazing (coating)
pearlware
transfer printing
tin (metal)
bamboo (material)
commemoratives
wars
Pearlware
Tin Glazed
Bamboo
Medallion
Transfer Printed
Commemorative
Revolutionary War
PITCHER
In medallion: Washington/HIS COUNTRY'S Father FIRST IN WAR... FAYETTE/THE NATIONS GUEST COMMEMORATIVE OF THE VISIT OF GEN. LA FAYETTE TO THE U.S. OF AMERICA, IN THE YEAR 1824 At United States Seal: REPUBLICANS ARE NOT ALWAYS UNGRATEFUL Mark on bottom: [symbol of three o's]
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
Unknown
England, Staffordshire
4.75 x 6.25 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.610
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