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Marquis de Lafayette Liverpool Creamware Bowl

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Glass and Porcelain

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"Marquis de Lafayette" Liverpool Creamware Bowl

c. 1824, Historical Liverpool Creamware Bowl, "Marquis de Lafayette," Choice Very Fine.
We date this original, 9" x 5", Liverpool Creamware Bowl, to Lafayette's famous triumphant 1824 tour of America. Lafayette was the last surviving major Revolutionary War hero, and this important, historic occasion created the demand for the manufacture of numerous souvenir items, many of them made of ceramic, as is this beautiful commemorative bowl. His death in 1834 inspired yet another outpouring of items in his memory. This unusual bowl might date from either occasion and carries four transfers on the outside. Two transfers picture Lafayette and two others depict the famous Revolutionary War surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown in 1781. The transfers also appear on some copper luster pitchers that are more frequently encountered. This impressive bowl is unusual and rare. Overall, its condition is quite excellent with one trivial restoration and several trivial shallow nicks on the rim.



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