Pitcher with Masonic Symbols
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| Name/Title: | Pitcher with Masonic Symbols |  | | Date Made: | ca. 1804 | | | Maker: | Maker not researched | | | Nationality: | Nationality not researched | | | Place Made: | England: Staffordshire | | | Materials: | Transfer-printed earthenware | | | Measurements: | overall: 9 7/8 x 10 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.; 25.0825 x 26.67 x 19.05 cm | | | Accession Number: | 79.11.2 | | | Credit Line: | Special Acquisitions Fund | | | Object Type: | Food Service T & E | |
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Bulbous jug with high collar, double C-scroll handle, and blue banding; magenta overglazed transfer-printed white creamware. The decoration consists of three imprints, two Masonic and one patriotic in nature. On one side figures representing Faith and Charity stand atop architectural pillars with Hope and various Masonic symbols in the center. A mosaic pavement forms the base, beneath which is the statement "United for the benefit of mankind." On the opposite side the figure of Charity and her children beneath the all-seeing eye and a Masonic Royal Arch. Beneath the design, the credo "To judge with candor and to speak no wrong, The feeble to support against the strong, To soothe the wretched and the poor to feed, will cover many an idle foolish deed." Under the spout the initials "EG," the Great Seal of the United States, and the quotation "Peace Commerce and honest Friendship with all Nations Entangling Alliances with none. Jefferson/Anno Domini 1805." (First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1801.)
From: John D. Hamilton. "Material Culture of the American Freemasons." Lexington, Mass.: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum and Library, Inc., 1994, page 222.
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