English and European Ceramics and Glass - 13th September 2016
Lot 232
A large creamware jug of American interest c.1804
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £280
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Description
A large creamware jug of American interest c.1804, printed and hand-coloured to one side with a French soldier standing beneath the American flag with ships in the background, titled 'Success to America whose Militia is better than Standing Armies, May Its Citizens Emulate Soldiers and its Soldier Heroes', a further two line stanza beneath, to the reverse a three-masted ship, beneath the spout the American Eagle surrounded by a quote from Thomas Jefferson's inaugural speech of 1801, some restoration, 22.7cm high.
Cf. David Drakard, Printed English Pottery, p.182, figs 491 and 493 for two of the prints depicted on this jug.