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An early American themed bowlTo make a punch for toasting the health and success of the
new United States there could be no more appropriate vessel than this large
punchbowl with the central printed portrait titled GEORGE
WASHINGTON Esqr. President.
The interior border is recorded on a number of shapes including bowls, plates, and jugs. At least two other similar bowls are known with commemorative designs at the center of the interior. One is in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London [1] and has a design of a medallion enclosing busts of King George III and Queen Charlotte, with the inscriptions 'A KING REVERED A QUEEN BELOVED. LONG MAY THEY LIVE” a bowl with a similar central print sold at Woolley and Wallis in September 2011. Another bowl with the same border depicts “His Royal Highness FREDERICK DUKE of YORK, on horseback overseeing troops. Both of these central designs are known to appear on mugs, printed in brown, sometimes highlighted with underglaze color.[2] The portrait of George Washington is based on a stipple engraving by Edward Savage. In late 1789 to early 1790 Washington sat on a number of occasions for a portrait to be painted in oil on canvas by Edward Savage for Harvard University. He is depicted in uniform with the badge of the Society of the Cincinnati on his lapel. In 1791 Savage went to London where he is said to have studied under Benjamin West and while in London, he stipple engraved and published a print after his own painting of Washington.The print is inscribed Painted & Engraved by E Savage. George Washington Esqr. President of the United States of America. From the Original Picture Painted in 1790 for the PhilsosophicalChamber at the University of Cambridge in Massachusetts. Published Feby. 7, 1792 by E Savage, No.29 Charles Street, Middx.Hospital. Having been printed in London, this engraving would have been an easy purchase for a potter wishing to pursue the increasing and lucrative trade with America. While it is not possible to say with any certainty who made this piece, it is possible that it was made by John Harrison who made the plate also discussed on this site, as plates impressed IH and decorated with a similar printed border have been recorded[3], but such an attribution is at best tentative. [1] http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O282665/bowl/[2] Holdaway, Minnie. 2001. Hollins blue & white printed earthenware. [London]: Morley College Ceramic Circle. Pl. 2.15 [3] Holdaway, Minnie. 2001. Hollins blue & white printed earthenware. [London]: Morley College Ceramic Circle, p.3 |
Exterior view and detail of interior border pattern of the bowl with the portrait of
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