AMERICAN FOLK HEROES

Meticulous research through early American paintings, carvings and other primitive folk art references, including a wonderful naive portrait of Dolley Madison in the New York History Society, as well as visits to Mount Vernon and Monticello in Virginia, has enabled Rye Pottery to produce this definitive range of early American figures. From the galloping Paul Revere hollering "The British are Coming" or Thomas Jefferson with the American Constitution, to George Washington reviewing the troops before battle, not forgetting Dolley-the original "Hostess with the Mostest"-and husband James, these Collector Pieces, hand painted in the style derived from a c1830 portrait of George Washington in the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, will be cherished and admired by generations.