Flow blue, transfer print decorated pitcher. circular base, wide lip for pouring. Pastoral scenes around lower portion of pitcher, top covered with leaves and flowers. Small pattern along inside and outside edges of opening. Outside of handle decorated with blue stripes.
Mochaware pitcher, white potbelly body on footring, pulled spout and applied handle with foliate-molded terminals. Hand-painted slip decoration has broad orange center band with dendritic forms. Two bands of ligt blue are flanked by pairs of thin brown bands
Two attached stickers read "Mocha 1 P" and "2352 J.B. Morris Jr.".
Large chips at spout, on rim near handle. Small chips on footring and crack. Soil overall. Occasional marring and abrasions. Slip decoration on sides in remarkably good shape.
Mochaware mug with ear-like handle in earthen tones (tan, gold and dark brown). Six indented double bands encircle the outside of the mug. All but the top inch of the mug and handle is painted gold. A band at the top of the mug is decorated with a painted dark brown chain diamond-shapes banded with double lines of brown on both sides. Handle ends are leaf-like.
Tapes on base of mug: "1884/ J.B.Morris, Jr." and "mocha/2M."
Mochaware mug, overall earth tons of pale white and tan with painted rust-colored and green bands around the exterior. The green paint on two bands are vees stamped into the clay and painted green. Both foliate ends of the ear-shaped handle are also painted green.
Stickers on bottom: "1885/J.B.Morris, Jr." and "MOCHA/5M."
"Aurora" imprinted on bottom. Octagonal, molded earthenware pitcher with applied handle. Light tan glaze with transfer printed design of leaves and flowers.
Slip decorated mochaware with dendritic patterns in dark brown on pearlware body (A) with lid (B). Slip banded with broad orange-brown band and dark brown borders. Applied rolled handle with shaped, decorated terminals. Slightly domed lid has two bands of dark brown and one of orange-brown, with round finial and cutaway for spoon.
Removed label "Mocha 5B". Remaining tape label on lid is "2082 J. B. Morris, Jr."
The oldest tobacco shop in the United States, Demuth's was founded in 1770 by Christopher Demuth and remained in the family in the 1980's. With visitors such as Jasper Yeates and James Buchanan, the shop was, and still remains, a staple in the local community.
Light tan earthenware sectional spittoon with darker "runny" slip or glaze finish. On bottom is impressed "Eagle Porcelain Works / Lancaster PA / Henry Gast S.Q. ST."
