Toddy Jug

Unknown

1800–1820 · Porcelain · The American Wing

The initials ET in gold under the spout of this jug are those of Edward Tilghman (1750–1815), a prominent lawyer in Philadelphia. This Chinese export jug was given to Tilghman by his uncle, Benjamin Chew Wilcocks, who originally ordered four jugs similarly decorated with portrait busts of George Washington in grisaille. The portrait of Washington was faithfully copied by a Chinese artist from an engraving by David Edwin after Gilbert Stuart.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1800–1820

Medium

Porcelain

Culture

Chinese, for American market

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1934