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Probably made by: Herculaneum Pottery (English (Liverpool), active 1796–1841)
English, possibly Liverpool
about 1815–1820
Medium/Technique
Creamware, with transfer-printed decoration
Dimensions
H. 11 1/4 in.; W. 10 1/2 in.; Diam. 8 1/2 in.
Credit Line
Gift of Timothy Phillips in memory of Thomas F. Phillips, Jr.
Accession Number2011.2119
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionPrinted and colored on each side with a view of an American ship above military trophies and the inscription "FRANKLIN" or "INDEPENDENCE," printed beneath the spout with an adaptation of the Great Seal of the United States and an Irish harp above the inscription "MARY SINNET."
InscriptionsYellow gummed label: "CAT/SRT 86.5" [S. Robert Teitelman collection inventory]
White gummed label: "Northeast Auctions #766" [August 22, 2010 sale]
White gummed label: "4275.344"
White gummed label: "Northeast Auctions #766" [August 22, 2010 sale]
White gummed label: "4275.344"
ProvenancePeabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA; exchanged by the Peabody Essex Museum with S. Robert Teitelman (b. 1917 - d. 2008), Haverford, PA; August 22, 2010, posthumous Teitelman sale, Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, NH, lot 766, to Timothy Phillips, Cambridge, MA; 2011, year-end gift of Timothy Phillips to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 25, 2012)