ENGLISH CREAMWARE TRANSFER-PRINTED MASONIC MOTIF CERAMIC JUG / PITCHER, having black transfer designs of various freemasonry emblems and symbols with overglaze polychrome enamel decorations, one side depicting two women with drafting implements in the act of planning construction with columns in the background, inscribed at base, "To heavens high Architect all praise / All gratitude be given / Who deign'd the human soul to raise / By secrets spring from heaven" and reverse featuring a woman with three children under the Eye of Providence, inscribed below "To judge with candor, and to speak no wrong. / The feeble to support against the strong. / To soothe the wretched and the poor to feed. / Will cover many an idle foolish deed." Unmarked. Probably Liverpool, England. Fourth quarter 18th/early 19th century. 8 5/8" HOA.
Mostly undamaged, having faint minor radial hairline to interior that does not appear to go through to front and minor flake to rim with minute wear to enamel decoration. Having some manufacturing flaws, including glaze imperfections, as made.
Provenance: From the James Dunn collection, Springfield, VT.

Mostly undamaged, having faint minor radial hairline to interior that does not appear to go through to front and minor flake to rim with minute wear to enamel decoration. Having some manufacturing flaws, including glaze imperfections, as made.