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Probably made by: Herculaneum Pottery (English (Liverpool), active 1796–1841)
English, possibly Liverpool
about 1806–1824
Medium/Technique
Creamware, with transfer-printed and enamel decoration
Dimensions
H. 12 7/8 in.; W. 12 1/4 in.; Diam. 9 3/4 in.
Credit Line
Gift of Timothy Phillips in memory of Thomas F. Phillips, Jr.
Accession Number2011.2123
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionPrinted and heightened in enamels on one side with the ship inscription "THE ROXANA OF BOSTON," on the other with a portrait of Washington surrounded by 'Justice,' 'Liberty' and 'Victory,' above the inscription "MARY RILEY," inscribed beneath the spout "PEACE, PLENTY AND INDEPENDENCE" beneath an eagle perched upon a cannon and American flag flanked by "Plenty' and 'Peace.'
InscriptionsYellow gummed label: "CAT/SRT 86.5" [S. Robert Teitelman collection inventory]
White gummed label: "Northeast Auctions #789" [August 22, 2010 sale]
White gummed label: "4275-373"
White gummed label: "Northeast Auctions #789" [August 22, 2010 sale]
White gummed label: "4275-373"
ProvenanceBefore 1990, acquired from Kenneth Snow (dealer; b. 1909 - d. 1990), Newburyport, MA, by S. Robert Teitelman (b. 1917 - d. 2008), Haverford, PA; August 22, 2010, posthumous Teitelman sale, Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, NH, lot 763, to Timothy Phillips, Cambridge, MA; 2011, year-end gift of Timothy Phillips to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 25, 2012)