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On Display: House - Liverpool Alcove
Jug (Pitcher)
1815-1830
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (lusterware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1967.0018
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Mr. B. Thatcher Feustman
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Object Number
1967.0018
Object Name
Jug (Pitcher)
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: "#267"
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Label with black print: "Feustman/S.L.64.46.26"
Type: Inscription
Location: Exterior wall
Inscription: "Captain HULL of the Constitution"
Type: Inscription
Location: Exterior wall (opposite)
Inscription: Above the portrait: "Be always ready to die for your country" and the name "PIKE"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Military
- Isaac Hull
- Pike
- Z.M.
- War of 1812
- Military
- Naval history
Materials
- Earthenware (lusterware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Extruded
- Painted
- Printed
Dimensions (inches)
6 (H) x 7.4 (L) x 6 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
16 (H) x 18.7 (L) x 15 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: McCauley, Robert Henry. 1942 Liverpool transfer designs on Anglo-American pottery.
• Description of prints: pp. 74-75, 82. Published jug with similar print: Plate No. XXI.Book: Arman, David & Arman, Linda. 1998 Anglo-American Ceramics Part I. Transfer Printed Creamware and Pearlware for the American Market 1760-1860.
• Hull and Pike info: pp. 31, 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.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."