Circa 1810-20, made for the American MarketThe entwined strap finials with gilt foliage swags under a broad gilt and enameled rose and melon border at the rim and spout, the two sides rendered in grisaille and bright enamels with a United States eagle holding a blue ribbon with the motto meant to read 'E PURIBUS UNUM' but miswritten in gilt and perched on a canon embellished with spears, standards and draped flags. 7 1/2in (19.1cm) high,转到 Chinese Works of Art Go
注脚:約1810-1820年 美國鷹圖水壺Provenance:Butterfield and Butterfield, 19 May 1995來源:邦瀚斯, 1995年5月19日See a nearly identical example sold Sotheby's New York, January 22, 2006, measured at 7 7/8inches high, originally sold at Sotheby's New York, January 31, 1985, lot 283, from the collection of Scott Bartlett.These cider mugs came in graduated sizes; their decoration may have been prompted by the War of 1812.