English made transfer-decorated pink lusterware pitcher "SHIELDS THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER TYNE"

transfer-decorated pink lusterware pitcher

CERAMICS
England, Tyne
overall: 8 3/4 in. H x 8 1/2 in. diam. 12.5 in. W, spout to handle

Jug, English pottery, pink and white, spout and handle, 8 line stanza relative to old England printed on the side, 8 line stanza about a long absent Tar on the front, and a scene at the mouth of the Tyne River on one side. Capacity about 3 quarts.

1954.1233