Overglaze
Printing on earthenware and stoneware 1800-1900
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collection of Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent
Source Description:
Drawing of the imprint made by the 1782 (original) die of the Great Seal of the United States.
Additional Image:
Reverse of jug showing stock print of a sailing ship.
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Shape Type: Miscellaneous
Pattern Type: Commemorative, Heraldic and Historical Events
Date: c. 1800-1810 Dimensions: - Height: 5.35 in (13.60 cm)
Maker: Unknown Engraver: Thomas Baddeley Printer: Thomas Baddeley
Description:
Creamware jug, made and decorated in Staffordshire. On one side is a stock print of a sailing ship on the other is a printed design derived from the Great Seal of the United States. Framed within a wreath one half laurel and the other half floral, is the American eagle. Above his head is a radiant constellation with only 11 stars rather than the...
Description:
Creamware jug, made and decorated in Staffordshire. On one side is a stock print of a sailing ship on the other is a printed design derived from the Great Seal of the United States. Framed within a wreath one half laurel and the other half floral, is the American eagle. Above his head is a radiant constellation with only 11 stars rather than the correct 13 stars representing the original 13 colonies. There are four additional stars one either side his head and one either side the shield on his breast. The eagle carries a motto ribbon in his beak, and olive branches and arrows in his talons. At the bottom of the design is a bow of ribbon inscribed "T. BADDELEY HANLEY STAFFSHIRE". Thomas Baddeley was listed in 1800 as engraver & black printer in Hanley.
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