STAFFORDSHIRE AMERICAN HISTORICAL TRANSFER-PRINTED CERAMIC COFFEE POT, graceful baluster form, featuring the "LANDING / OF / GEN. LA FAYETE / At Castle Garden" printed above spout, depicting the arrival of the Marquis de Lafayette from France to New York Harbor. Unmarked. Ralph & James Clews, Cobridge, England. 1814-1834. 9 1/2" HOA.
Literature: Parallels the Armans -
Historical Staffordshire, An Illustrated Check-List, p. 10, pl. #1e; Transferware Collectors Club database pattern #2074.
Provenance: From the collection of Nick Routson, Phoenix, AZ.
Northeast Auctions, 10/2003.
Ex-collection of Gilbert Hahn.
Catalogue Note: Mr. Routson states that "any American pattern in this form are extremely rare."
Condition
Excellent visual condition, having minor professional restoration to interior gallery and cover finial reattached.