Porcelain -- Collectors and collecting -- United States; Pottery -- Collectors and collecting -- United States
Printed in black on bowls, plates, and pitchers. It is thus wittily
described by George Champlin Mason in his book on old Newport:
“Washington and Franklin are inspecting a map of the United States,
which shows thirteen States. Liberty and History look smilingly upon the
pair, while Fame blows a trumpet and flourishes her heels in dangerous
proximity to Washington’s head, who is the more prominent of the two,
Franklin being screened in part by the pine-tree flag.” On this map
Louisiana is called the Country of Mines, and stretches up to Lake
Superior. The pitcher is marked F. Morris, Shelton. There are three
slightly varying prints of this design, one having reference numbers and
a key with the names of the figures. A bowl twelve inches in diameter
bearing this print can be seen in the Huntington Collection at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art. There is also one in the Trumbull-Prime
Collection. One in Newport bears the date 1796. A pitcher from the
Trumbull-Prime Collection with this print is here shown.
[Illustration: “Map” Pitcher.]
18. Washington. Portrait. Liverpool.
A full-face portrait of Washington, with inscription “His Excellency
Gen^l Washington,” and the fur-cap portrait of Franklin, on the outside
of a bowl which has on the inside a design of a full-rigged frigate, the
Insurgente, and the same legend as No. 101. It also has the motto:
“My love is fixed,
I cannot range;
I like my choice
Too well to change.”
19. Washington. Cameo. Wedgwood.
Made in white on colored grounds and in pure white. Mentioned in
Wedgwood’s Catalogue of 1787.
20. Washington. Intaglio. Wedgwood.
In highly polished black ware for use as a seal. Though so small a head,
the likeness is good. In Wedgwood’s Catalogue of 1787. A specimen may be
seen in Huntington Collection.
21. Washington. Medallion. Wedgwood.
Made both in black basalt and blue and white jasper. This head is very
fine, and an excellent copy may be seen in the Huntington Collection.
22. Washington. Bust. Wedgwood.
This bust is in black basalt. The height is thirteen inches. A fine
engraving of it may be seen in Miss Meteyard’s “Wedgwood and his Works,”
numbered Plate XVIII. One is owned by a collector in Chicago.
23. Washington. Medallion. Neale & Co.
An oval medallion in pottery with the head of Washington in high relief.
24. Washington. Statuette. Enoch Wood.
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