A Liverpool Transfer-Printed Creamware 'Washington in Apotheosis' Pitcher
one side with Washington raised from his tomb by winged figures of Immortality and Father Time, with allegories of Faith, Hope, and Charity at left and an allegorical figure of Liberty and a Native American representing the Western Hemisphere seated below, after a print by John James Barralet (Irish, circa 1747-1815); the opposite with a three-masted sailing ship flying a fifteen-star American flag, identified Ship Maria in gilt, with additional text now faded.
Allegory of Hope transfer beneath the spout.
Height 12 inches.

Literature:
inventoried as W.39 and illustrated p. 206 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.

Light crazing and few, scattered firing flaws throughout. Significant areas of gilt loss, including those affecting legibility of text. Wear to underside, foot, and handle commensurate with age and use. No apparent areas of cracks or repairs visible under UV light examination.