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On Display: House - Liverpool Alcove
Jug (Pitcher)
DECATOR and BROWN
1815-1830
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (lusterware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1967.0005
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Mr. B. Thatcher Feustman
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Complete Details
Object Number
1967.0005
Object Name
Jug (Pitcher)
Title
DECATOR and BROWN
Category
Ceramics - B. Thatcher Feustman Collection
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1815-1830
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Label with blue ink "#252"
Type: Inscription
Location: Exterior, above Decator portrait
Inscription: "DECATOR"
Type: Inscription
Location: Exterior, above Brown portrait
Inscription: "BROWN" and "The Hero of Niagara!"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Military
- Jacob Jennings Brown
- Stephen Decatur
- Niagara Falls
- War of 1812
Materials
- Earthenware (lusterware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Molded
- Painted
- Printed
Dimensions (inches)
4.4 (H) x 7 (L) x 5 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
11.2 (H) x 17.7 (L) x 12.8 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Drakard, David. 1992 Printed English Pottery. History and Humour in the reign of George III 1760-1820.
• Brown and print info: p. 245.Book: Arman, David & Arman, Linda. 1998 Anglo-American Ceramics Part I. Transfer Printed Creamware and Pearlware for the American Market 1760-1860.
• Brown and Decatur info: pp. 25,27. Illustrations of prints on different vessels: pls. B.8 and D.7.Book: McCauley, Robert Henry. 1942 Liverpool transfer designs on Anglo-American pottery.
• Description of prints: pp. 70, 71 and Pl no. XVIII.