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 coffee pot; urn shaped body with coved neck; applied spout and handle; removeable ogee-shaped lid with pointed finial; covered entirely with yellow glaze; decorared with overglaze red enamel; painted red bands located on the rim of the coffee pot, mid section of the neck, base of the neck, top of the foot, and edge of the base of the foot; the top and base of the lid are decorated with similiar painted red bands; the spout and handle also painted with red decoration; each side contains red transfer printed scenes; one side depicts a lady sitting on a Grecian-style sofa assisting a child; the reverse depicts a lady reclining on a Grecian-style sofa; a child sits on the opposite end of the same sofa holding a bow and arrow; the lid also contains two red transfer printed scenes, each depicting a seated woman and child; the decoration is an Adam Buck, neoclassical design; Condition: the glaze on the jug is crazed overall; the underside of the pot exhibits bubbling of the glaze; 1/2 in. crack on the foot of the pot; evidence of repairs near the crack on the foot of the pot
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