Pitcher
1818-1836
19th Century
8 1/2 in. x 4 in. x 4 in.
Ralph & James Clews,
British,
(1818–1834)
Object Type:
Decorative Art
Medium and Support:
earthenware
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum; Gift of the Old Lyme-Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library, from the Evelyn MacCurdy Salisbury Ceramics Collection
Accession Number:
1959.46
A Staffordshire blue pitcher celebrating the Independence of America. It depicts Washington, blind justice, and the goddess of liberty ringed in a banner with the names of 16 states. The pitcher has an earthenware body with a lead glaze.