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Historic Liverpool Creamware Pitcher - Washington Securing Liberty to America

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:2,500.00 USD Estimated At:3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD
Historic Liverpool Creamware Pitcher - Washington Securing Liberty to America
Glass and Porcelain
Rare Colorful Historic Liverpool Creamware Pitcher Titled "Washington Securing Liberty to America" and "America Independent 4 July 1776"
c. 1795 Federal Period, Historic Liverpool Creamware Pitcher, with Three Transfers in Color, George Washington and Benjamin Franklin with Map in Oval of the Eastern 13 Colonies and Flag of the United States, with the Patriotic Poem, “O Liberty! thou Goddess...,” and a Three Masted Sailing Ship, Choice Extremely Fine.
This beautiful, very rare design type is one of the nicest George Washington Pitchers produced in Liverpool during his actual Presidency, and prior to his death. It has two main color transfers, and measures 9.75” tall and 6.25” at the base. The first transfer is listed as Arman “W.16” on page 198 of David Arman’s major reference book, “Anglo-American Ceramics - Part I.” "Washington Securing Liberty to America" is flanked by the personifications of Liberty, Fame, Wisdom and Justice. Benjamin Franklin is shown as he inscribes, "America Independent 4 July 1776" within a book. A very early version of the United States Flag flys above an oval shaped Map of the Eastern Coast of the United States. The design is signed within the transfer by "F. Morris Shelton." The second transfer is listed as “O.1” on page 142 of Arman. It shows a Poem which reads, in full:

“O Liberty thou Goddess! - Heav’nly bright, - Profuse of bliss, - and pregnant with delight, - Eternal pleasures - in thy presence reign, - and smiling plenty leads - thy wanton train.”

That Poem is surrounded by a decorative entwined ribbon, further encircled by the names of the Fifteen States (including Vermont and Kentucky) that were part of the Union at the time that this Historic Liverpool Creamware Pitcher was made. The third transfer is under the spout and shows a 3-masted ship under full sail, not listed in Armen. Rim and spout has a rich black border inside and out. Some transfer design image lightness, possibly as made. Overall, extremely clean, colorful and pleasing making it excellent for display.