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On Display: House - Liverpool Alcove
Jug (Pitcher)
PERRY and PIKE
1815-1830
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (lusterware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1967.0008
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Mr. B. Thatcher Feustman
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Complete Details
Object Number
1967.0008
Object Name
Jug (Pitcher)
Title
PERRY and PIKE
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: "#256"
Type: Inscription
Location: Exterior wall
Inscription: Printed: "We have met the Enemy; and they are ours!" and the name "PERRY"
Type: Inscription
Location: Exterior wall, opposite
Inscription: Printed: "Be always ready to die for your country" and the name "PIKE"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Military
- Oliver Perry
- Pike
- Z.M.
- War of 1812
- American market (English manufacture)
- Commodore Perry
Materials
- Earthenware (lusterware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Molded
- Printed
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
6.1 (H) x 5.4 (L) x 7.2 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
15.6 (H) x 13.6 (L) x 18.3 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: McCauley, Robert Henry. 1942 Liverpool transfer designs on Anglo-American pottery.
• Description of prints: pp. 81, 82. Published jug with Perry print: Plate No. XI.Book: Arman, David & Arman, Linda. 1998 Anglo-American Ceramics Part I. Transfer Printed Creamware and Pearlware for the American Market 1760-1860.
• Perry and Pike info: pp. 35, 36, with print source information.Book: Beddoe, Stella. 2015 A Potted History: Henry Willett's Ceramic Chronicle of Britain.
• Several printed English earthenwares portrying War of 1812 motifs: p. 104.