$9,000
Large Transfer-decorated Liverpool Creamware Jug, England, early 19th century, with black transfer decoration, one side depicting the American ship " THE ROXANA, OF BOSTON," identified below, with polychrome enamel highlighting the American flag off the stern, the American flag pennant, the hull, and the water, the reverse depicting a cherub over a bust of Washington and figures of Liberty and Justice surrounded by a chain of fifteen states over the name "MARY RILEY," with an eagle over a panoply and round reserve inscribed "Peace, Plenty, and Independence," flanked by figures representing peace and plenty under the foliate-decorated spout, and the Great Seal of the United States depicting under the handle, ht. 13 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-10-27
