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THBColonel Ellsworth Commemorative Polychrome Pitcher
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Cincinnati , OH 45232
United States
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LiveJun 9, 2017 - Jun 10, 2017
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- Lot Description
Molded polychrome stoneware pitcher illustrating the shooting of Colonel Elmer Ellsworth, the first conspicuous casualty of the Civil War, at Alexandria, VA. Although lacking a maker's mark, the pitcher was made by Millington, Astbury, and Poulson, Trenton, NJ, ca 1861. A baluster form pitcher with spurred handle, molded in relief on one side with a dramatic depiction of Colonel Ellsworth, who lies dead at the bottom of the stairwell, while three soldiers, one identified as F.E. Brownell, struggle to fight the man who shot Ellsworth in the chest, identified as J.W. Jackson / The Traitor on the pitcher. Brownell, the soldier shown bayoneting Jackson, was credited with killing the traitor, and later received the Medal of Honor for his actions. The reverse side is imprinted with the phrase Union and the Constitution, and features a molded relief of an American Eagle with snake in beak perched above a fallen Confederate Flag, with an American Flag flying at right above a gathering of rifles. With gilt highlights and initials that appear to be G.B. Approx. 8 in. at widest point, 8.5 in. tall. This is believed to be the first commemorative pitcher made by a US potter.
Some loss to gilt details.Condition
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