AMERICAN BLUE AND WHITE SPONGEWARE CERAMIC ARTICLES, LOT OF EIGHT, comprising one egg cup, one soap dish, one covered globular jar, a matching globular-form creamer and sugar bowl, lacking cover, with embossed bird and fan design, a mush cup and saucer set, and a covered ovoid-form vegetable dish. Printed marks to underside include a shield with eagle, unicorn, and lion having "WARRANTED / D E. McN. P. CO. / LIVERPOOL" and a lion and unicorn with crown with "B.B. / WARRANTED". D.E. McNicol Pottery; Buford Brothers Pottery, East Liverpool, OH; and others. Late 19th/first quarter 20th century. 4 5/8" HOA.
Literature: Mush cup and saucer, Taylor and Lowrance - Collector's Encyclopedia of Salt Glaze Stoneware, p. 181, fig. bottom.
Provenance: Property from a Youngstown, OH estate.
Four undamaged; jar having a flake to rim; soap dish having some wear with two chips to underside corners; egg cup with rim hairlines; creamer having detached and glued handle and a glued chip repair to spout.