Large Transfer-decorated Liverpool Creamware Jug

Description:

Large Transfer-decorated Liverpool Creamware Jug, England, early 19th century, with black transfer decoration, one side depicting the American ship "THE ROXANA, OF BOSTON," identified below, with polychrome enamel highlighting the American flag off the stern, the American flag pennant, the hull, and the water, the reverse depicting a cherub over a bust of Washington and figures of Liberty and Justice surrounded by a chain of fifteen states over the name "MARY RILEY," with an eagle over a panoply and round reserve inscribed "Peace, Plenty, and Independence," flanked by figures representing peace and plenty under the foliate-decorated spout, and the Great Seal of the United States depicting under the handle, ht. 13 in.
Estimate $3,000-5,000


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