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Made at: Liverpool (England)
English
about 1820
Object Place: Europe, England
Medium/Technique
Creamware, transfer-printed decoration
Dimensions
22.22 cm (8 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William Lambert Barnard
Accession Number55.678
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionSquat barrel-form, black lines on rim & scroll handle. On one side: 3-masted ship in colors PERFECT OF BOSTON. Script monogram LW (Lot Wheelwright, the ship owner) under black and gold decorated spout. On the PR side, THE SHIPWRIGHT'S ARMS in scroll over grisaille design of rococo cartouche supported by sailors standing on shore with ships in background.
InscriptionsScript monogram LW (Lot Wheelwright, the ship owner) under spout.
ProvenanceWilliam Lambert Barnard (b. 1877 - d. 1955), Brookline, MA and East Harpswell, ME.