Historical Staffordshire "Landing of Fathers, Plymouth Rock" Pitcher

Updated at 9:30 pm: This has been sold.

Staffordshire pearlware pitcher celebrating the 200th anniversary of the landing of the pilgrims on December 22, 1620 is in excellent condition, almost like new, as you can see in the photographs. 7" tall.

The scene captioned, "The landing of the Fathers / At Plymouth," is on both sides.

On the front, in text, "Carver / Bradford, Winslow / Standish, Brewster / Plymouth Dec. 22/ 1620"

The scene also appeared on plates, platters, and other items from Staffordshire.

Shipping: $20. Please allow one week for shipping.

Historical background

These were produced in England by Enoch Wood & Sons, a large pottery operation located in Burslem, a town in the Staffordshire pottery district. The Wood firm exported a vast quantity of pottery to American in the 1820s and 1830s and a single shipment sent to a Philadelphia China broker contained some 262,000 pieces of pottery (see Geoffrey A Godden's Encyclopedia of British Pottery and Porcelain Marks published in 1964 by Bonanza Books, New York 1964 pg 686).

Source: The description above is drawn largely from the excellent one at Nancy's Daily Dish.