Lot Essay
Cf. John and Griselda Lewis, Pratt Ware, Woodbridge, 1984, p. 180 for a similar example of the second jug
Details
AN ENGLISH PEARLWARE SMALL JUG
CIRCA 1815
With shaped handle, the faceted sides with blue and ochre festoons between moulded bands of berried vine and leaves and a band of stiff leaf tips enriched in ochre and green, 5½in. (14cm.) high; together with an English pearlware small jug, circa 1810, probably Yorkshire, the sides moulded with hounds in landscape beneath a fruiting vine and a rope-twist rim, enriched in yellow, ochre, green and blue, 4¾in. (12.1cm.) high (2)
CIRCA 1815
With shaped handle, the faceted sides with blue and ochre festoons between moulded bands of berried vine and leaves and a band of stiff leaf tips enriched in ochre and green, 5½in. (14cm.) high; together with an English pearlware small jug, circa 1810, probably Yorkshire, the sides moulded with hounds in landscape beneath a fruiting vine and a rope-twist rim, enriched in yellow, ochre, green and blue, 4¾in. (12.1cm.) high (2)
Provenance
With Florene Maine Antiques, Ridgefield, Connecticut