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Jug
Herculaneum Factory
1799-1810
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Herculaneum Factory (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
Liverpool; Merseyside; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (creamware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
2009.0023.012
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of S. Robert Teitelman, Roy T. Lefkoe, and Sydney Ann Lefkoe in memory of S. Robert Teitelman.
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Object Number
2009.0023.012
Object Name
Jug
Category
Ceramics - S. Robert Teitelman Collection at Winterthur
Creator (Role)
Herculaneum Factory (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
Liverpool; Merseyside; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1799-1810
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Yellow, circular paper label with "CAT/srt 96.2" in black type
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Cloth label with "77.403" in black type
Type: Inscription
Location: Exterior, left of handle
Inscription: Printed "L'Insurgent French Frigate of 44 Guns & 411 Men striking her Colours to the American Frigate Constellation,/Commodore Truxton of 40 Guns, after an action of an hour & a half in which the Former/had 75 Men killed & wounded & the latter one killed & three wounded Feb.10th.1799." in black
Type: Inscription
Location: Exterior, below pouring lip
Inscription: Printed "SUCCESS TO THE/INFANT NAVY/OF/AMERICA" in black
Type: Inscription
Location: Exterior, right of handle
Inscription: Printed "Our Mountains are cover'd with Imperial Oak/Whose Roots, like our Liberties, ages have nourished/But long e'er our Nation submits to the Yoke/Not a Tree shall be left on the Field where it Flourished/Should Invasion impend, every Tree would depend/From the Hill tops they shaded our shores to defend/Far ne'er shall the Sons of Columbia be Slaves/While the Earth bears a Plant, or the sea rolls its Waves." in black
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Naval history
- Maritime
- Great Seal of US
Materials
- Earthenware (creamware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Printed
Dimensions (inches)
9.843 (H) x 10.118 (L) x 7.165 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
25 (H) x 25.7 (L) x 18.2 (Diam)
Measurement Notes
Length measurement is from the spout to the handle