A Liverpool Transfer-Printed Creamware 'George Washington / By Virtue and Valour' Pitcher

Likely Herculaneum Pottery, England, Late 18th Century

one side with a portrait of George Washington surrounded by allegories of Justice, Liberty, and Victory, within a chain of fifteen states; the opposite with a full-length Washington standing on a lion, symbolizing British defeat during the American Revolution, and text reading, By virtue and valour, we have freed our country, extended our commerce, and laid the foundations of a great empire.
with monogram WS and spread-winged eagle transfer under the spout.
Height 9 1/2 inches.

A near-identical example is found in the permanent collection of George Washington's Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon, Virginia (M-5839).

Literature:

Washington portrait inventoried as W.29 and illustrated p. 202 in David and Linda Arman's Anglo-American Ceramics, Part I: Transfer Printer Creamware and Pearlware for the American Market, 1760-1860, Oakland Press: Portsmouth, Rhode Island, 1998.

'By Virtue and Valour' transfer inventoried as B.10 and illustrated p. 72 in David and Linda Arman's Anglo-American Ceramics, Part I: Transfer Printer Creamware and Pearlware for the American Market, 1760-1860, Oakland Press: Portsmouth, Rhode Island, 1998.

Light crazing throughout vessel. Areas of finish loss to handle. Small chip at spout. Wear to underside and mouth rim commensurate with age and use. No apparent areas of cracks or repairs visible under UV light examination.

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A Liverpool Transfer-Printed Creamware 'George Washington / By Virtue and Valour' Pitcher

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