STAFFORDSHIRE AMERICAN HISTORICAL TRANSFER-PRINTED CERAMIC FOUR-PIECE TEA SET, each depicting "MOUNT VERNON / the seat of the late / GENL WASHINGTON", as printed to underside, featuring the president standing beside a horse and groom with estate in background, and the Potomac River on left, comprising a teapot, a covered sugar, a creamer, and a waste bowl. Circa 1825. 6 1/2" HOA.
Literature: Parallels the Armans -
Historical Staffordshire, An Illustrated Check-List, p. 219, pl. #601a; Transferware Collectors Club database pattern #2226.
Provenance: Property of Old Salem Museum & Gardens, Winston Salem, NC; deaccessioned and sold to benefit the acquisitions fund.
Ex-collection of Frank L. Horton.
Condition
Waste bowl with faint radial hairline to base; sugar cover with bolted finial repair; remaining with moderate imperfections including glued repairs.