or love letters
The teapot measures 7 1/2" wide from the tip of the spout to the end of the handle
11 1/8" t x 7 1/4" w x 5 1/2" d
there is just one broken bit off the the end of one of the clay weights
It's a little bit hard to read from the front (but what a great bunch of cross-outs at right
Unusual, Large, Hand-painted Reward of Merit with George Washington, Liberty, Joseph Brant 19th century photograph or love lettersI've looked at quite a good number of rewards of merit and this seems a rare and unusual one to me extra large in size, and featuring images of George Washington (in bust portrait and in action), a classically depicted Liberty (in red robe and crowned portrait), and a soaring eagle. At lower right is a portrait of, I believe, Joseph Brant Thayendanegea, Native American of the Mohawks, who led the Six Nations in unifying to fight for the British during