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Lot 32

Sale 1314 - American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts
Mar 15, 2024 10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$800 - 1,200
Price Realized
$1,651
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

Lot Description

A Liverpool Transfer-Printed Creamware 'Peace, Plenty, and Independence / James Madison' Pitcher
Likely Herculaneum Pottery, England, Late 18th Century

one side with medallion reading Peace, / Plenty / and / Independence surmounted by a spread-winged eagle perched on a cannon and flanked by allegorical figures of Peace and Plenty; the opposite with oval portrait of James Madison surmounted by scroll reading, James Maddison [sic] President of the United States and surrounded by interwoven oak and vine chain with names of the fifteen states.
with Seal of the United States transfer under the spout.
Height 8 inches.

An identical example is found in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, Washington, DC (63.163).

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