A Liverpool Transfer-Printed Creamware 'First in War, First in Peace / By Virtue and Valour' Pitcher

Herculaneum Pottery, England, Early 19th Century

one side with Washington's tomb and text reading, First in War / First in Peace / First in Fame / First in Virtue / Born 1732 Died 1799 and linked chain of thirteen states, with Kentucky substituted for Rhode Island; 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.
Height 7 1/8 inches.

Literature:

'First in War' transfer inventoried as W.45 and illustrated p. 207 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.

UV light reveals restoration to probable breaks and overpainting to spout and adjoining upper body, to upper terminal of handle and adjoining area of body, and to edge of base and underside; some minor occasional loss to enamel decoration, one side bearing round surface flaw / imperfection; a few minor scratches or scuffs

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A Liverpool Transfer-Printed Creamware 'First in War, First in Peace / By Virtue and Valour' Pitcher

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