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Washington Pitcher
Probably made by: Herculaneum Pottery (English (Liverpool), active 1796–1841)
English, probably Staffordshire
about 1810–20
Medium/Technique
Creamware, with transfer-printed and silver luster decoration
Dimensions
Height: 27 cm (10 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Timothy Phillips in memory of Thomas F. Phillips, Jr.
Accession Number2012.33
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionOne side with oval portrait of George Washington, on the other an adaptation of the great seal of the United States. beneath spout are the initials "TEF" framed in silver luster.
InscriptionsOn underside:
Yellow gummed label: "CAT/SRT 76.3" (S. Robert Teitelman Collection, as inventoried for Teitelman/Halfpenny/Fuchs Appendix.)
White gummed label: "4275-302"
White gummed label: "Northeast Auctions #763"
Yellow gummed label: "CAT/SRT 76.3" (S. Robert Teitelman Collection, as inventoried for Teitelman/Halfpenny/Fuchs Appendix.)
White gummed label: "4275-302"
White gummed label: "Northeast Auctions #763"
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, gift of Timothy Phillips to the MFA. (Accession date: February 29, 2012)