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 milk pot; urn-shaped body with a cove-shaped neck and a low rising foot; the spout has a broad, curved lip; applied handle; covered entirely in yellow glaze; decorated in overglaze red enamel; red painted bands on the rim of the pot, the bottom of the neck, and the bottom edge of the foot; the sides are decorated with two red transfer printed scenes; one depicts a woman kneeling next to a child, who is holding a book; the reverse depicts a woman kneeling next to a sleeping child; the inside lip of the pot also contains one red transfer printed scene of a woman kneeling next to a child; these mother child subjects are attributed to designer Adam Buck; there is one white label on the underside of the pot that reads "LLX-1007 / AHH 450-"; Condition: some areas of crazing; one area of glaze loss next to the lower portion of the handle
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