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White Ceramic Pitcher, S.S. Central America [159083]

Currency:USD Category:Artifacts / Shipwreck Artifacts Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 USD and UP
White Ceramic Pitcher, S.S. Central America [159083]
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This item SOLD at 2022 Dec 03 @ 12:32UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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White ceramic pitcher recovered from the S.S. Central America shipwreck. It is 10 inches tall and 6 inches in diameter at the widest. The mouth is 3 inches in diameter at the widest, the base is 4-7/8 inches in diameter. Maker's mark on the bottom is a British royal coat of arms with the lion and unicorn on either side of an oval shield bearing the Latin phrase // HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE // (Shamed be whoever thinks ill of it), and a ribbon banner that reads, // DIEU ET MON DROIT // (God and my right). Beneath this is // IRONSTONE CHINA / J. F. //. This refers to J. Fernyhough, who was a china/ironstone manufacturer in Staffordshire, in partnership with J. Adams and S. Hartshorne, until October 1853. (10/4/1853, Liverpool Mercury, and 10/7/1853, Coventry Standard). This piece may have been purchased as part of the initial outfitting of the ship for its maiden voyage in October 1853 as the S.S. George Law, the original name for the S.S. Central America. Two prominent mold marks are visible on opposite sides, from top to bottom. Exterior is iron stained in a mottled pattern, and four spots on one side could be the fingerprints of one of the last people to hold this vessel.

Date: 1857
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Provenance: SS Central America Collection