George Washington Jar

I love this portrait of George Washington painted by Raphael Peale. The Peales were an interesting early American family; all the kids were named after famous artists of the past, and they were a very talented bunch.

I put a mirror behind the jar to try to show what was on the other side without taking so many pictures, but they are too little to see anyway. The weird, long, "scratch" marks are just light reflections.


It is hard to see, but the green "We the People..." at the bottom ends with, "are sick and tired of getting the run around." And I liked the weed whacker, etc., in the spoof on G.W. Crossing the Delaware.


Below the picture of the puppy in the helmet, and the rare U.S. coin, is a copy of the telegram telling of President Kennedy's death. I wanted to make this jar a combination of the humorous and the serious.



There are many pictures that aren't easy to see here, including very small pictures of the World Trade Center in happier days, slave shackles, old coins and flags, the U.S.S. Constitution (the ship), former Presidents, eagles, bison, Native Americans...


This is the inside of the lid.


This is one of the jars I still have. This is the inside bottom of the jar.