W.T. Copeland Majolica 'Centennial' Vase
Retailed by J.M. Shaw & Co., New York, 1876
Modeled as three addorsed eagles perched on a circular base, the handles as crossed staffs supporting American flags, conjoined by applied shields, embossed with three inscriptions 1876 CENTENNIAL MEMORIAL, 1776 DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, and WASHINGTON FATHER OF OUR COUNTRY, black printed mark, circular uppercase mark and retailer's mark for J.M. Shaw & Co., New York, black painted B, possibly impressed F/76. Height 9 3/4 inches.

Literature:
Eve M. Kahn, The Magazine Antiques, Ceramic Dynamic: Majolica, 17 May 2020, May/June, fig. 11. Marylin G. Karmason with Joan B. Stacke, Majolica: A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, p. 118. Susan Weber et al., Majolica Mania: Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States, 1850-1915, cat. 175, fig. 21.1.

Exhibited:
'Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition', 1876. As labeled, this model was exclusively designed and manufactured for J.M. Shaw & Co., New York for this exhibition. Bard Graduate Center, New York, 'Majolica Mania', 24 September 2021-2 January 2022, no. MJ-586; Walters Art Museum, 27 February 2022-7 August 2022, no. MAJ.157; The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, 8 October 2022-29 January 2023.

Reference:
Nicholas M. Dawes, Majolica, p. 124-125, fig. 217. KL000252 (English Collection).


C The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection

presents well; all three eagle heads have been cleanly off and reattached; the spearhead at the top of one standard also reattached; chip to another; a small rim chip overpainted; otherwise, no sign of restoration; the integrity of the body is high; examined under blacklight

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