Pitcher

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Liverpool produced many transfer-printed ceramics with patriotic imagery for the American market. Depictions of George Washington and important sites in the Revolutionary War were especially popular. Transfer printing allowed manufacturers to reproduce images easily, as on this pitcher bearing the depiction of George Washington with a map of the United States. White earthenware printed in black or blue was a prevalent and affordable style.

The American Wing

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The American Wing's ever-evolving collection comprises some 20,000 works of art by African American, Euro American, Latin American, and Native American men and women. Ranging from the colonial to early-modern periods, the holdings include painting, sculpture, works on paper, and decorative arts—including furniture, textiles, ceramics, glass, silver, metalwork, jewelry, basketry, quill and bead embroidery—as well as historical interiors and architectural fragments.

Metropolitan Museum of Art