Description
A rare and fine creamware pottery pitcher with underglaze transfer prints and hand decorated with enamels. One print is named ” AN EAST VIEW OF Liverpool Light House & Signals at Bidston Hill.” the lighthouse stands tall, surrounded by fifty-eight different colored flags, which have been numbered with the details of the shipping owners in tableau form. The reverse is printed in black with Bidston House Signals in full text within a flower garland which is surmounted by the famous Liver Bird.
This historic pitcher is in remarkable condition and one of the best of its type. Made at the Herculanean pottery Liverpool in late 18th century England.
Note;
The development of the port of Liverpool owes much to the geographical situation of Bidston Hill. Ships approaching the Mersey estuary had to negotiate narrow channels between shifting sand banks, and the merchants of Liverpool had little notice of their arrival. Bidston Hill, being in sight both of approaching shipping and the docks of Liverpool, provided the ideal location for a lighthouse (solving the navigational problem) and a signals station (solving the communications problem).