A STAFFORDSHIRE SALTGLAZE JUG with moulded scroll handle and upright spout, the globular body painted in a bright palette with sprays of peony, prunus and finger-citrus and with insects in flight, the circular foot with a band of iron-red scroll ornament (hairline cracks to body, restoration beneath handle, spout, rim and base), circa 1765
Details
A STAFFORDSHIRE SALTGLAZE JUG with moulded scroll handle and upright spout, the globular body painted in a bright palette with sprays of peony, prunus and finger-citrus and with insects in flight, the circular foot with a band of iron-red scroll ornament (hairline cracks to body, restoration beneath handle, spout, rim and base), circa 1765
26cm. high
Literature
Jonathan Horne, op. cit., Pt. VII, no. 182
Lot Essay
Cf. Bernard Rackham, Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain, vol. II, pl. 42H