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c. 1796 "O Liberty Thou Goddess !" Historic Liverpool Creamware Pitcher with United States Flag Sailing Ship
c. 1796 Federal Period, Historical Liverpool Creamware Pitcher, Three Decorative American Patriotic Transfer Images: "United States Flag Sailing Ship," rare "O Liberty Thou Goddess!" Patriotic Poem, and American Heraldic Eagle, Choice Extremely Fine.
A high quality Historical Liverpool Creamware Pitcher measures 8" tall x 5" diameter at the base. One side has a black transfer of a Printed Poem which reads: "O Liberty Thou Goddess! heav'nly bright, Profuse of bliss, and pregnant with delight, Eternal pleasures in they presence reign, and smiling plenty leads thy wanton train." Poem is surrounded by a decorative wreath style design with each of the 15 States fully named, intertwined with 15-Stars representing the states through Tennessee at that time. This excellent, scarce design type is listed as O.1 on page 142 of reference book titled, "Anglo-American Ceramics Part I" by David & Linda Arman. A large 15-Star American Flag Sailing Ship highlights the other side, that transfer identified as S.56 on page 175 of the Arman book. Also, a displayed Heraldic American Eagle with 15-Stars above is identified as S.12 on page 162 of Arman, appears below the spout as well. This outstanding example is beautiful, well preserved, having just the slightest of wear on the handle and base. Overall, a museum quality, highly patriotic theme Historical Liverpool Creamware Pitcher which displays beautifully.
Historical (1760 to 1820) "Liverpool Creamware" is the collector name generally given to pottery produced in England during the mid-18th and into the early-19th century for export to America. Certain potters, such as Josiah Wedgewood, Thomas Whieldon and Josiah Spode, made improvements to the existing earthenwares which they named "Creamware" (or in Wedgewood's case "Queensware").