Description: Lathe trimmed, thrown jug; bulbous body with pronounced neck; the neck stands 2 in. high from the body of the jug and possesses lathe turned decoration and rouletting just below the rim of the jug; applied v-shaped spout and handle; decorated with overglaze black enamel, yellow glaze, and copper luster; the yellow glaze covers portions of the midsection of the body of the jug; copper luster covers the neck, spout, handle, and lower portion of the body of the jug; the sides of the body possess three painted copper luster circular reserves; within each reserve has different transfer printed images; one reserve depicts Cornwallis’ surrender at Yorktown to George Washington, on October 19th, 1781, from an engraving by Heath, after a painting by Smirke of a sketch by Robert Fulton; another contains a portrait of the Marquis de La Fayette with two angels holding a laurel wreath above his head, and above the laurel is the word, LA FAYETTE, the final circular reserve, located just below the spout, contains an image of peaches, cherries, and a pear. Condition: chip just below the tip of the spout. A similar jug, in the collection of the New Hampshire Historical Society, originally belonged to Nathaniel Caverly (1763-1845) of Barrington and Strafford, New Hampshire. Caverly was a veteran of the American Revolutionary War from New Hampshire. From him, it descended to his youngest daughter Sophia (Caverly) Drew (1809-1901), grandmother of the donor.
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