2017.219: Jug with the Apotheosis of George Washington

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2017.219

People

Unidentified Maker

Title

Jug with the Apotheosis of George Washington

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

c. 1800-1810

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/359513

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Creamware, black transfer printed

Dimensions

19.7 × 19 cm (7 3/4 × 7 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: side, in transferware design: APOTHEOSIS
• inscription: side, under spout, in transferware design: E PLURIBUS UNUM
• label: removed from bottom, white, rectangular, black ink: 419
• label: removed from bottom, white, rectangular, black ballpoint ink: 5416-419 [red ballpoint ink scribble]
• label: removed from bottom, round, blue, black ballpoint ink: EL

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Doris and Stanley Tananbaum, New York, sold [through Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, August 19, 2017, lot 704]; to Harvard Art Museums, 2017

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. Wallace St. Clair Jones, Class of 1905, by exchange

Accession Year

2017

Object Number

2017.219

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Property from the Collection of Doris & Stanley Tananbaum, auct. cat., Northeast Auctions (Portsmouth, New Hampshire, August 19, 2017), p. 61, lot 704, repr.

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