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McCoy? Rockingham pitcher with an Indian Chinese emblem. 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.
The Swastika did NOT originate as a Nazi symbol of hatred! Swastika is derived froma Sanskrit word which means being fortunate. Swastika has been a Chinese symbol found on silks from 2300 years ago.
Rockingham glaze embossed with a two inch Swastika symbol on each side. There is a banding of smaller designs of the same Swastika symbol at the top of the pitcher, and at the base. These are 1/2 inch symbols that surround the entire circumference of the pitcher approximately 30 in number. Near Mint condition pitcher, one small worn area (not a chip) on the glaze on the outside rim of the spout near the handle.
The swastika is a simple symbol it has been used by many human societies. One of the oldest painted on a cave 10,000 years ago. When Buddhism was brought to China from India, the Chinese also borrowed the symbol used for thousands of years among practically every group of humans on the planet.
The sign has been found on Jewish temples from 2000 years ago in Paletine.In the Americas the swastika was used by Native Americans in North, Central and South America. Perhaps McCoy, 1925. Rockingham spongeware porcelain pottery stoneware yellowware |
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