Collection Highlights
Cayambe
1858
S-91
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Pitcher
Object name
Pitcher
Date
1792-1796
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 4 7/8 x 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ( 12.4 x 11.4 x 8.9 cm )
Description
Glazed pearlware pitcher with base of spout and handle terminus and thumbpad molded with leaf in low relief, bulbous body printed in blue with three images; two male portrait busts (Benjamin Franklin and George Washington) and one medallion with two classically dressed figures; borders show rosettes on ribbon-wrapped reeded band.
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Object Number
1961.310
Marks
printed: under each portrait: "LONG LIVE THE PRESIDENT"; "DR FRANKLIN"
Gallery Label
This transfer-printed pitcher, one of three known in this pattern, is one of the earliest known examples of Staffordshire pottery made specifically for the American market. A similar example, printed in black, is at the Smithsonian Institution.
Provenance
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
