Glass and Porcelain
Rare 1824 George Washington & Marquis de LaFayette Colorful Canary Yellow Creamware Commemorative Cup
c. 1824, Commemorative Canary Yellow Creamware Chields Cup with “La Fayette” and “Washington” Jugate Portrait Black Transfer, likely made by Enoch Wood and Sons, England, Choice Very Fine.
This exceedingly rare c. 1824 Creamware Chills Cup measures 2.5” tall x 2.5” diameter at the base, with a decorative black glaze line around the top rim. The oval Bust Portraits of Lafayette and George Washington appear very similar if not identical, to the La LaFayette & Washington transfer images found in the landmark reference book, “Anglo-American Ceramics” by Arman L.13 bottom left on page 127. The Cup displays in excellent condition, with the transfer decoration being crisp and bold and very attractive. The Canary Yellow glaze is bright and bold with a couple of small spots of transfer ink on the inside.

This historic Creamware mug was produced to celebrate and commemorate the historic return visit and tour of America by the Marquis de Lafayette in 1824. It has a deep black, decorative Jugate transfer print showing the portraits of both George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette. Directly above and between those two figures is an American Eagle with Stars fanning out above its outstretched wings; a banner in its talons reads, “LA FAYETTE” and “WASHINGTON” above the appropriate portrait.