Decanter
- Title:
- John Stark
- Object Name:
- Decanter
- Object ID:
- 1972.015
- Creator:
- Regal China Corporation
Ceramicist - Place of Origin:
- Antioch, IL
- Date:
- 1972
- Description:
- Decanter. Porcelain figure of John Stark. Molded body with clear and matte glaze and enamel painting and stencilling. Full-length standing figure holding a tricorn hat; hand in vest. Removable cork stopper head. Figure standing on semi-circular platform against a half-length monument highlighted with turquoise enamel. Figure has burnished blue coat and trousers, white vest, and black boots trimmed with brown. Epaulets and hat are glossy black highlighted with gold enamel; buttons highlighted with silver enamel; ruffle highlighted with red enamel. Flesh tone head highlighted with brown hair, eyebrows, and eyelashes; back of hair highlighted with glossy black. The monument has several inscriptions: on left side in vertical letters is "GENERAL"; on right side, also in vertical letters is "STARK"; both are screen printed. On back of monument, inscription reads: "Bennington Battle Flag / August 16, 1777 / GENERAL JOHN STARK / N.H. Hero at / Bunker Hill / Bennington / LIVE FREE OR DIE" / (on a ribbon) Stark's 1809 / REUNION MESSAGE / (in script) Official Motto of New Hampshire - 1945 - ". This is silk-screened in red, white, and blue beneath a flying American flag. Stamped on bottom in raised letters: "@Creation of James B. Beam / Distilling Co. / Ky - DRB- 230 / Genuine Royal China / 1972 / C. Miller / Regal China Corporation / 145 / Liquor Bottle / DHN." Foil gummed label adhered to front of base of decanter reads: "GENUINE / REGAL CHINA / HANDCRAFTED" printed in circle on left side. Printed in center, "BEAM", and printed on right side of label, "180 / MONTHS OLD / 4/5 QUART / 86 PROOF". "Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey" printed in script on ribbon across bottom. "BOTTLED BY JAMES B. BEAM DISTILLING CO., CLERMONT BEAM KENTUCKY" is printed across bottom beneath the ribbon.
- Material:
- Ceramic
Porcelain - Hard paste - Dimensions:
- H-12.8 W-5.1 D-3.75 inches
- Provenance:
- Commissioned and sold by the New Hampshire State Liquor Commission. The donor, Leon W. Anderson, was the Legislative Historian, and authored the booklet, "Major General John Stark, Hero of Bunker Hill and Bennington" (1972), to supplement the bottle. The bottle was the second in a series of historic bottles by Jim Beam Distillers.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Leon W. Anderson
- Subjects:
- American flag, American Revolution, Ceramics, Decanters, Military officers, Porcelain, Stark, John
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