"Virtue and Valor" jug
Date1792-1805
Maker
Unknown
Medium/TechniqueTransfer-printed creamware
DimensionsOverall: 9 1/4 in. × 8 1/2 in. × 4 1/2 in. (23.5 cm × 21.59 cm × 11.43 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, 2020
Object numberM-5839
DescriptionA transfer-printed creamware jug with handle and spout. One side features a cartouche with George Washington standing on the neck of a lion on a shoreline with American soldiers and an American ship in the background. The cartouche is surrounded by implements of war and a banner with an inscription. The other side features a bust-length image of Washington in a central cartouche surrounded by allegorical figures and emblems of liberty. The cartouche is surrounded by a banner with the names of fifteen states, fifteen stars, and a bald eagle derived from the Great Seal of the United States.
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1800-1807
c. 1876
c. 1825
