ENGLISH PEARLWARE BLACK TRANSFER-PRINTED JUG,
PROBABLY STAFFORDSHIRE, CIRCA 1815-20.


Printed on each side with a view of two ships engaged in battle, each view signed "Bentley Wear & Bourne Engravers & Printers Shelton Staffordshire."
One view above the inscription "THE ENTERPRIZE [SIC] AND BOXER;" the other above the inscription "The United States and Macedonian," - the frigate United States commanded by Captain Decatur, achieved victory in the short space of seventeen minutes, over the British Frigate Macedonian, commanded by Captain Carter

Height: 4-5/8 inches.


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