Collection Highlights
Wooden leg of Gouverneur Morris
Date:
ca. 1780
Object Number:
1954.148
Medium:
Oak, leather, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pitcher
Object Number:
1961.310
Date:
1792-1796
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 7/8 x 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ( 12.4 x 11.4 x 8.9 cm )
Marks:
printed: under each portrait: "LONG LIVE THE PRESIDENT"; "DR FRANKLIN"
Description:
Glazed pearlware pitcher with base of spout and handle terminus and thumbpad molded with leaf in low relief, bulbous body printed in blue with three images; two male portrait busts (Benjamin Franklin and George Washington) and one medallion with two classically dressed figures; borders show rosettes on ribbon-wrapped reeded band.
Gallery Label:
This transfer-printed pitcher, one of three known in this pattern, is one of the earliest known examples of Staffordshire pottery made specifically for the American market. A similar example, printed in black, is at the Smithsonian Institution.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Provenance:
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
