Description:Pearlware dark blue printed teapots with transfer pattern illustrating Commodore MacDonnough's Victory. Height 140mm and 175mm. Commodore Thomas MacDonnough defeated a British naval squadron, led by Sir George Prevost, on Lake Champlain in 1814. The American navy saved New York from an attack by a British fleet, who had planned to invade from Canada. The American squadron waited at Plattsburgh, on Lake Champlain, and despite being overmatched in size and strength of armament, gained a decisive victory. The teapots were excavated at St. Paul's Church, Burslem in 1974.