Liverpool Creamware Pitcher, Apotheosis of George Washington

British, circa 1800, lead glazed creamware with black transfer print, the obverse scene after a print by John James Barralet (Irish, circa 1747-1815), featuring Washington raised from his tomb by winged figures of Immortality and Father Time, flanked by various allegorical figures within an oval vignette with seven putti surround, the reverse depicting fifteen state banner centering stars with laurel swag surrounding Joseph Addison's poetic verse, with eagle Arms of the United States beneath the spout.

8 x 8 x 6 in.

Private Collection of a Gentleman, Virginia

Acquired from the Collection of Robert Hunter

Literature: McCauley, 64A and 153, pl. XII.

For a similar example showing the fifteen star reverse, see the Smithsonian Museum's pitcher, catalog number:63.112, accession number:252565

Minor chip repair to spout visible under UV light; otherwise good condition.