Useful and Ornamental

Many of the items found in this category were manufactured to meet the needs of the consumer of the first half of the nineteenth century and are no longer in use today.  There is no internationally agreed-to nomenclature for shapes; this exhibition uses primarily the terms used by David and Linda Arman and by Elloise Baker Larsen in their works dedicated to American Historical Staffordshire.

Flower Container
Alms House, Boston
Punch Bowl
Arms of Maryland
Pitcher
Arms of Maryland
Punch Bowl
Arms of New York
Wine Cooler
Boston State House
Punch Bowl
Boston State House
Egg Stand
Boston State House
Flask
Capitol, Washington
Oyster Pan
La Fayette at Franklins Tomb
Flask
Landing of Gen. La Fayette at Castle Garden New York 16 August 1824