Circa 1800, made for the American market, bulbous body with applied strap handle, black transferware decoration includes "Peace / Plenty / and Independence" within a cartouche flanked by two female figures holding cornucopia and surmounted by an eagle on a cannon with a variation on the American flag behind, the opposite side with maritime and timber scenes surrounding the text "Our Mountains are cover'd with Imperial Oak / Whose roots like our Liberties, ages have nourished / But long eer our Nation submits to the Yoke / Not a Tree shall be left on the Field where it Flourished / Should Invasion impend, every Tree would defend / From the Hill tops they shaded our shores to defend / For n'eer shall the Sons of Columbia be Slaves / While the Earth bears a Plant or the se rolls its Waves." (a verse from Robert Treat Paine's "Ode: Adams and Liberty," which was written for and sung at the fourth Anniversary of the Massachusetts Charitable Fire Society, 1798), an eagle beneath thirteen stars is printed below the spout.

7.75 in.

Gifted to Charles Forrest Palmer (1892-1973) from Lady Astor.

Hairline extending from the rim by the handle through the body and up to the opposite side of the handle.

$300 - 500