A Liverpool Transfer-Printed Creamware 'Emblem of America / Washington in Glory' Pitcher
Likely Herculaneum Pottery, England, Circa 1801
one side with a standing portrait of Liberty holding an American flag, flanked by two Native Americans at left, plus seven vignette portraits of American historical figures including Christopher Columbus, Walter Raleigh, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin at right; the opposite with a print of a stylized Washington Monument noting Washington's birth and death dates and bearing a right-facing portrait, with mourning symbols and eagle.
with initials RA Jr. and date 1801 beneath the spout.
Height 8 inches.

Literature:
'Emblem of America' transfer inventoried as A.22 and illustrated p. 66 in David and Linda Arman's Anglo-American Ceramics, Part I: Transfer Printer Creamware and Pearlware for the American Market, 1760-1860, Oakland Press: Portsmouth, Rhode Island, 1998.

'Washington in Glory / America in Tears' transfer inventoried as W.46 and illustrated p. 207 in David and Linda Arman's Anglo-American Ceramics, Part I: Transfer Printer Creamware and Pearlware for the American Market, 1760-1860, Oakland Press: Portsmouth, Rhode Island, 1998.

Scattered firing flaws throughout, including notable but stable inclusions to mouth rim and underside. Few chips and areas of raised, dark spotting to handle. Transfer loss visible on both sides. No apparent areas of cracks or repairs visible under UV light examination.