Lot Essay
See David Drakard Printed English Pottery (London, 1992) p. 42 for a brief passage on Thomas Fletcher.
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CIRCA 1800, THE PRINT BY T. FLETCHER, SHELTON
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AN ENGLISH CREAMWARE TRANSFER-PRINTED COMMEMORATIVE JUG
CIRCA 1800, THE PRINT BY T. FLETCHER, SHELTON
Commemorating the Acts of Union, printed in black to one side with three gentleman holding a mast below a banner inscribed UNION to the PEOPLE of IRELAND, above the inscription CIVIL & RELIGIOUS LIBERTY TO ALL MANKIND, within a berried laurel band enclosing a crucifix and rosary beads and a mitre, surmounted with three fists above an open book, the other side with a soldier and a classical maiden beside a harp, below a banner inscribed TUNED to FREEDOM FOR OUR COUNTRY, printed below the spout with a man exclaiming Erin go Bragh
8¼ in. (21 cm.) high
CIRCA 1800, THE PRINT BY T. FLETCHER, SHELTON
Commemorating the Acts of Union, printed in black to one side with three gentleman holding a mast below a banner inscribed UNION to the PEOPLE of IRELAND, above the inscription CIVIL & RELIGIOUS LIBERTY TO ALL MANKIND, within a berried laurel band enclosing a crucifix and rosary beads and a mitre, surmounted with three fists above an open book, the other side with a soldier and a classical maiden beside a harp, below a banner inscribed TUNED to FREEDOM FOR OUR COUNTRY, printed below the spout with a man exclaiming Erin go Bragh
8¼ in. (21 cm.) high
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