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Herculaneum Pottery Liverpool Posted by Carol Zimmerman on July 1, 2024, 10:52 pm Hello! I found this fabulous pitcher in Canton, Texas this past weekend. I only paid $10 for it and it is old. It has 16 states on it and Tennessee is spelled Tenasse. There was a letter on the inside as well. Any information about this would be awesome. I will post pictures.

Re: Herculaneum Pottery Liverpool Posted by Web Administrator on July 2, 2024, 1:56 pm, in reply to "Herculaneum Pottery Liverpool" Following is additional information from one of our TCC members: According to Robert McCauley's Liverpool Transfer Designs on Anglo-American Pottery (1942), you do find the phrase "Herculaneum Pottery, Liverpool" or just "Herculaneum Pottery" printed below the Great Seal of the United States on other Herculaneum creamware jugs. An example of the former is illustrated in Arman, Anglo-American Ceramics, Part I: Transfer Printed Creamware and Pearlware for the American Market (1998), pg. 161, and an example of the latter is illustrated in Teitelman, Halfpenny, and Fuchs, Success to America: Creamware for the American Market Featuring the S. Robert Teitelman Collection at Winterthur (2010), pgs. 85 and 267. What makes this piece of additional interest is that one of the 15 links in the chain of states lists both Kentucky and Tennessee. This seems like an uncommon feature, as I have not encountered many similar examples. Would it be possible to include pictures of your jug in the TCC Database of Patterns and Sources?

Re: Herculaneum Pottery Liverpool Posted by Carol Zimmerman on July 2, 2024, 6:03 pm, in reply to "Re: Herculaneum Pottery Liverpool" Absolutely yes!!!!

Re: Herculaneum Pottery Liverpool Posted by Len on July 1, 2024, 11:58 pm, in reply to "Herculaneum Pottery Liverpool" You're right, Carol, it's fabulous! I can't tell you too much about it yet, other than it was, obviously, made by the Herculaneum Pottery in Liverpool which specialized in these kind of jugs for the American market. It dates from between 1796 when Tennessee became the 16th state, and 1803 when Ohio became the 17th state. I do not know who the armorial belongs to, at least not yet. The Alan who signed the letter may be Alan Smith, who in 1970 wrote The Illustrated Guide to Liverpool Herculaneum Pottery 1796-1840. If I find out more will let you know!

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