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Pitcher

Description

Creamware pitcher with bulbous form and black transfer printed designs on front and sides. The front bears the motto, "SUCCESS TO THE INFANT NAVY OF AMERICA" inside a wreath. One side features images of the shipbuilding process from tree to finished ship with words of a poem beginning, "Our Mountains are cover'd with Imperial Oak." The other side depicts a naval battle between the American frigate Constellation and L'Insurgent French Frigate above a description of the Constellation's success.

Date

circa 1800

Materials

Ceramic

Dimensions

10.5 H x 6 W inches

Object ID

1979.16.1

Resource ID

11306

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. Dudley Irwin Catzen

Digital Publisher

Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Rights

This digital image is made available here for private study, scholarship, and research. Commercial and other uses are prohibited without the permission of the Maryland Center for History and Culture. For more information, visit the MCHC’s Reproductions and Permissions web page.