Liverpool Commemorative Creamware Pitcher, American Great Seal E Pluribus Unum

British, circa 1800, creamware with transfer decoration, one side depicting American Eagle coat of arms, the other side with (15) states and star banner with laurel garland encircling the verse: "O Liberty thou Goddess! / heavenly bright, / Profuse of bliss, / and pregnant with delight, / Eternal pleasures / in thy presence reign, / and smiling plenty / leads thy wanton train.," and under the spout is a ribbon tied sprig of grape leaves.

8 x 8 3/8 x 6 in.

Private Collection of a Gentleman, Virginia

For similar example in David Arman reference book, "Anglo-American Ceramics", Part 1 (1998), S.26, page 166.
Similar transfer printed jugs are in the Winterthur Collection and the Smithsonian Collection.

Good estate condition; minor scratch near Rhode Island state banner, appears inherent to the making; UV light revealing some possible restoration along the base rim.