We have a Staffordshire Pitcher with “THE BOSTON COMMON” in small print on the neck. The transfer is black. Measures 6 & 1/2″ High and 8 & 3/4″ wide (from tip of lip to handle). Partial mark on bottom of an S in the bottom left corner of what was probably a square with more info.
Pictures on both sides are of the Boston Common: the Brewer Fountain in center, sledding, goat cart, zoo?, cemetery, Liberty Tree, and zoo.
Cabbage rose pattern around the neck (and inside neck) and also on the outside part of the handle.
It’s a wonderful round pitcher, but we cannot find anything about this one! Search for Boston Common online, and all you find are the State House Staffordshire, because there is a “view of the Boston Common” that is associated with that print.
We’re really hoping that someone might have heard of this pattern, or maybe even has one??
Haven’t taken any photos of the jug, but can do it, if needed.
Thank You!! k
I believe the Boston Common is the pattern name. Boston Common is a central Park in Boston,Mass. It’s the oldest city park in the USA. Dates back to 1634. Staffordshire potteries made many item for Americans using American scenes. This park might of had a zoo and small animals. Transfer ware goes back to the late 1700rds. There is a website “history of Staffordshire transfer that can help you in dating your piece. Hope this help’s you. Is it rare? Black transfer might be because it was not sold as much as the blue transferware. Another thing, your pitcher could be part of a dish set and might be a gravy boat which looks like pitchers back then, because of it’s measurement’s.