Located in Downingtown, PA
English Creamware Jug with "Success to the Crooked but interesting Town of Boston" Inscription,
Reference to Boston, MA,
Probably Liverpool,
1800
The English creamware jug in red has the inscription referring to Boston, MA on one side within a wreath and on the reverse twenty-one lines of red transfer printed verse, by Thomas Moore, also within a wreath. The top and bottom of the jug with a narrow red band and with an applied handle with small spot of red enamel at the top. The inscription is a reference to the winding streets of Boston.
Dimensions: 6 1/2 inches high x 7 inches wide x 5 inches; (16.51cm high x 17.78cm wide)
Provenance: Warren M. Little Collection, one of the sons of the famous Americana Collector Nina Little.
Sold in Fall 1991 for $5,500.00. A clipping from the Maine Antique...
Category
Late 18th Century Federal Antique Creamware Pitchers