Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2482Location: BostonDate / Time: November 08, 2009 11:00AM
Description:
Transfer-decorated Liverpool Pottery Creamware Pitcher, England, early 19th century, one side depicting a heroic figure mourning beside Washington's tomb, the reverse showing two winged figures of victory above a patriotic inscription, (repairs),ht. 8 in.
Provenance: The pitcher accompanied by a 1941 document indicating it was once in the William Randolph Hearst collection.
Estimate $400-600
Old repairs on rim and spout.