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On Display: House - Liverpool Alcove
Jug (Pitcher)
Perry and Hull
1815-1830
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1967.0016
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Mr. B. Thatcher Feustman
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Complete Details
Object Number
1967.0016
Object Name
Jug (Pitcher)
Title
Perry and Hull
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1815-1830
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Label with blue ink: "#265"
Type: Inscription
Location: Exterior with portraits
Inscription: "We have met the Enemy; and they are ours!" and the name "PERRY"; and "Captain HULL of the Constitution"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Military
- Oliver Perry
- Isaac Hull
- War of 1812
- Naval history
- Commodore Perry
Materials
- Earthenware (pearlware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Pulled
- Painted
- Printed
Dimensions (inches)
5.2 (H) x 6.9 (L) x 6.1 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
13.2 (H) x 17.5 (L) x 15.5 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: McCauley, Robert Henry. 1942 Liverpool transfer designs on Anglo-American pottery.
• Description of prints: pp. 74-75, 81. Illustration of a jug with Perry print: Plate No. XIBook: Arman, David & Arman, Linda. 1998 Anglo-American Ceramics Part I. Transfer Printed Creamware and Pearlware for the American Market 1760-1860.
• Published: Fig. H.24/ P.19. Hull, Perry info: pp. 31, 35.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.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."