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On Display: House - Liverpool Alcove
Jug (Pitcher)
General LaFayette
1824-1840
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1966.0042
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Mr. B. Thatcher Feustman
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Complete Details
Object Number
1966.0042
Object Name
Jug (Pitcher)
Title
General LaFayette
Category
Ceramics - B. Thatcher Feustman Collection
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1824-1840
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Label with blue ink: "#300"
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Label with print: "Feustman/ S.L.64.46.29"
Type: Inscription
Location: Exterior, below portrait
Inscription: "Genl. La Fayette was born at Auvergne in France at 19 he arrived in America in a ship furnished at/ his own cost in 1777 and volunteered in our army as Major Genl. at Brandywine he was wounded but refused to quit/ the field he assisted the army with 10000 from his own purse and kept in service until our independence was sealed and country/ free in 1784 he returned to France loaded with the honors and gratitude of the Amern. people in 1824 the Congress unanimously/ offered a ship for his return he declined the honor but landed from the Cadmus at NY Aust. 13th 1824 amid the acclamations of 60,000 freemen."
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Lafayette
- Maritime
- American themed ceramics
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Molded
- Printed
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
8 (H) x 5.3 (L) x 6.7 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
20 (H) x 13.4 (L) x 16.9 (Diam)