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On Display: House - Liverpool Alcove
Jug (Pitcher)
"Captain HULL of the Constitution"
1816-1820
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1967.0014
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Mr. B. Thatcher Feustman
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Complete Details
Object Number
1967.0014
Object Name
Jug (Pitcher)
Title
"Captain HULL of the Constitution"
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1816-1820
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Label with blue ink: "#263"
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Label with black print: "Feustman/ S.L.64.46.23"
Type: Inscription
Location: Exterior wall, each side, above portrait
Inscription: Printed: "Captain HULL of the Constitution"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Isaac Hull
- Military
- Naval history
- War of 1812
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Extruded
- Painted
- Printed
Dimensions (inches)
4.7 (H) x 5.9 (L) x 4 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
11.9 (H) x 14.9 (L) x 11 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Arman, David & Arman, Linda. 1998 Anglo-American Ceramics Part I. Transfer Printed Creamware and Pearlware for the American Market 1760-1860.
• Similar jug with Hull print: p. 108, H.20. Hull and print info: pp. 30-31.Book: Teitelman, S. Robert, et al. 2010 Success to America: Creamware for the American Market Featuring the S. Robert Teitelman Collection at Winterthur.
• Published: No. 30, pp. 128-129.Book: Beddoe, Stella. 2015 A Potted History: Henry Willett's Ceramic Chronicle of Britain.
• Pearlware jug with printed Captain Hull portrait: p. 104, no. 463, "On 19 August 1812, the 44-gun frigate, Constitution, commanded by Captain Isaac Hull, overcame the British ship Guerriere in one of America's greatest maritime victories."