A Liverpool Transfer-Printed Creamware 'Memory of George Washington and the Proscribed Patriots of America' Pitcher with Polychrome Embellishment

English, Circa 1804

one side with monument initialed G.W. and vignette portraits of Samuel Adams and John Hancock, identified with initials and with text reading, Columbias Sons inspir'd by Freedoms Flame / Live in the Annals of immortal Fame; the opposite with three-masted sailing ship flying a fourteen-star American flag.
with colorful heraldic eagle Seal of the United States and quote by Thomas Jefferson in surround reading, Peace, Commerce, and Honest Friendship with all Nations - Entangling Alliances with None - Jefferson / Anno Domini 1804 beneath the spout.
Height 10 inches.

A similar example with the same 'Proscribed Patriots' transfer sold as Lot 368 in Christie's Important American Furniture, Folk Art, Silver and Prints auction, sale no. 1474, New York City, New York, 21 January 2005.

Another similar example with the same 'Proscribed Patriots' transfer is illustrated in Israel Sack American Furniture from the Israel Sack Collection, vol. 6, p. 1623.

Literature:

'Proscribed Patriots' transfer inventoried as no. 192 and illustrated as plate VII, p. 29 in Robert H. McCauley, Liverpool Transfer Designs on Anglo-American Pottery, Southworth-Athoensen Press: Portland, Maine, 1942.

Further inventoried as M.15 and illustrated p. 136 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.

Seal transfer inventoried as J.8 and illustrated p. 113 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.

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Mr. Fisher rejoined the firm in 2019 after working as a specialist in the American Furniture and Folk Art department at Sotheby’s New York. His areas of expertise include 18th, 19th, and 20th century American, Continental, and English furniture, decorative and folk art. Before coming to Hindman in 2013, Mr. Fisher worked in European Furniture and Decorative Arts in Philadelphia. He began his career working for a prints dealer focusing on works from the 16th through the 20th centuries.

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Ms. Vogelpohl joined the firm in 2013 as a cataloger in the American and European Furniture and Decorative Arts department. She became a department specialist in 2017, focusing on American decorative arts and silver. She received a BA from the College of Charleston and an MLITT in Art History from the University of Glasgow.

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A Liverpool Transfer-Printed Creamware 'Memory of George Washington and the Proscribed Patriots of America' Pitcher with Polychrome Embellishment

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