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Lot 677
A Staffordshire Historical Transferware "Washington & Lafayette" Pitcher
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Likely an early 20th century reproduction, decorated to one side with a portrait of "Fayette / The Nation's Guest" and the opposite with "Washington / His Country's Father," featuring the eagle crest surrounded by "Republican's / Are Not Always Ungrateful / Rec'd Hall & Son" beneath the spout, the collar reading "In Commemoration, of the / Visit, of Gen'l La Fayette, To / the U,S, of America, in the Year / 1824" and "First in War, First in Peace, / and First in the Hearts of His / Fellow Citizens."

5.5 in.

Crackle to glaze; stable hairline to collar; minor chip to spout.