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c. 1792 Historical Liverpool Creamware Pitcher/Jug: O Liberty Thou Goddess! Poem

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:1,500.00 USD Estimated At:1,800.00 - 2,400.00 USD
c. 1792 Historical Liverpool Creamware Pitcher/Jug: O Liberty Thou Goddess! Poem
Glass and Porcelain
c. 1792 Historic Liverpool Creamware Pitcher with a United States Flag Sailing Ship “O Liberty Thou Goddess!”
c. 1792 Federal Period, Historical Liverpool Creamware Pitcher, with Three Decorative Transfer Images: United States Flag Sailing Ship, “O Liberty Thou Goddess!” Patriotic Poem and American Heraldic Eagle, Choice Near Mint.
This gorgeous, high quality Historical Liverpool Creamware Pitcher measures 8” tall x 5” diameter at the base. One side has a black transfer of a poem which reads: "O Liberty Thou Goddess! heav’nly bright, Profuse of bliss, and pregnant with delight, Eternal pleasures in they presence reign, and smiling plenty leads thy wanton train." Poem is surrounded by a decorative wreath style design with each of the 15 States fully named, intertwined with 15 “Stars” representing the states at that time. This excellent, scarce design type is listed as O.1 on page 142 of reference book titled, “Anglo-American Ceramics Part I” by David & Linda Arman. A sharp, very impressive looking, large American 15-Star Flag Sailing Ship highlights the other side, the transfer identified as S.56 on page 175 of the Arman book. A displayed Heraldic American Eagle with 15-Stars above (representing the 15 States as of 1792) is identified as S.12 on page 162 of Arman, appears below the spout as well. This outstanding example is beautiful, well preserved, having just the slightest of wear on the handle and base. A museum quality, highly patriotic theme Historical Liverpool Creamware Pitcher which displays beautifully.
Historical (1760 to 1820) “Liverpool Creamware” is the collector name generally given to pottery produced in England during the mid-18th and into the early-19th century for export to America.

These historical theme decorative pieces were produced by expert potters who were obsessed with the idea of copying quality Chinese porcelain, then considered to be the highest quality ceramic available. Certain potters, such as Josiah Wedgewood, Thomas Whieldon and Josiah Spode, made improvements to the existing earthenwares which they named “Creamware” (or in Wedgewood’s case “Queensware”).