Description:
In the early 19th century owning and displaying a delicately potted and handsomely decorated English tea set was an ideal many Americans could now afford. This yellow-glazed tea service with transfer-printed maternal domestic scenes exemplifies the type of status symbol with classical overtones that graced many American parlors. The sweetly portrayed scenes of mother and child are typical of numerous prints inspired by Adam Buck's drawings. Thrown and lathe trimmed cream pot; globular-shaped body with a cove-shaped neck and a high rising foot; the spout has a broad, curved lip; applied handle; covered entirely in yellow glaze; decorated with overglaze red enamel; painted red bands on the rim of the pot, the base of the neck and the bottom edge of the foot; the sides are decorated with two red transfer printed scenes; one depicts a woman giving a child a drink; the reverse depicts a woman patting the head of a child; there is also a red transfer printed image on the inside lip of the spout depicting a woman and a crying child; these mother and child scenes are attributed to designer Adam Buck; Condition: black mark on the side of the spout

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