Rockingham McCoy Swastika Pitcher McCoy? Rockingham pitcher with an Indian Chinese emblem. NOTE PLEASE: The bent cross symbol has been used as an ornamental patterns for thousands of years, indeed since the Bronze age. It usually was a symbol meaning "sun" or fire" and may have been used to indicate the hammer used by Thor in Norse mythology, Though the word Swastika comes from the Sanskiit meaning "well being" the symbol has been found in ancient Polynesian and Pre-Columbian North America as well as throughout Europe and Asi.
Rockingham embossed 8 1/2" pitcher with unusual design. From the History Channel: An ancient symbol of good luck, prosperity and long life used in ancient cultures such as India and China. In India both clockwise and counterclockwise swastikas were used with different meanings.
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