Pitcher with compass rose, "Come Box the Compass"

A cream-colored earthenware pitcher with a strap handle and spout, decorated in polychrome transfer print. A large compass rose ringed by lettering and the words "Come Box the Compass" fills the body, flanked by a standing figure at left and leafy sprigs, with red-brown bands at the rim and base.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1800

Medium

polychrome (overall surface decoration color name) ceramic, earthenware, refined (overall material) transfer printed (overall production met

Source

Smithsonian (National Museum of American History)

Size

2250 × 3000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History